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The Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on May 16, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 May 2019371,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 16, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.8% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
371,541 km230,865 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 22:46 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 12, 201901:12
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 18, 201921:11

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Thursday, May 16, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2019 to the new moon of June 3, 2019, a cycle of 29.47 days.