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The Moon on Sunday, May 14, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on May 14, 2017Waning Gibbous

Sunday 14 May 2017405,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 14, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
405,071 km251,699 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 10, 201721:43
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 19, 201700:33

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Sunday, May 14, 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.