Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°
Moon age
12.6days
Moon phase on May 17, 2019Waxing Gibbous
On Friday, May 17, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
374,028 km232,410 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 17, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 22:46 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, May 12, 2019 | 01:12 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, May 18, 2019 | 21:11 |
The Moon around May 17
More about this date
Friday, May 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2019, or the whole moon calendar 2019.
- The same date one year apart: 2018 · 2020.
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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.