Waning · 99.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°
Moon age
15.0days
Moon phase on May 11, 2017Waning Gibbous
On Thursday, May 11, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
405,569 km252,009 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 11, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 | 21:43 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, May 19, 2017 | 00:33 |
The Moon around May 11
More about this date
Thursday, May 11, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2017 to the new moon of May 25, 2017, a cycle of 29.31 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2017, or the whole moon calendar 2017.
- The same date one year apart: 2016 · 2018.
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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.