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The Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 17, 2017Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 May 2017396,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 17, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.2% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
396,586 km246,427 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Wednesday, May 17, 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.