Waning · 99.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°
Full Moon at
04:14UTC
Moon phase on May 16, 2022Full Moon
On Monday, May 16, 2022, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
361,403 km224,565 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Flower Moon, 362,118 km from Earth. SupermoonTotal lunar eclipse
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 16, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Monday, May 9, 2022 | 00:22 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Monday, May 16, 2022 | 04:14 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, May 22, 2022 | 18:43 |
The Moon around May 16
More about this date
Monday, May 16, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2022 to the new moon of May 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2022, or the whole moon calendar 2022.
- The same date one year apart: 2021 · 2023.
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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.