Waning · 97.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°
Moon age
16.7days
Moon phase on May 23, 2016Waning Gibbous
On Monday, May 23, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
398,792 km247,798 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 2016 is on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 21:15 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Saturday, May 21, 2016 | 21:15 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, May 29, 2016 | 12:12 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Monday, May 23, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2016 to the new moon of June 5, 2016, a cycle of 29.31 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.