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The Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on May 17, 2022Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 May 2022360,308 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
360,308 km223,885 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 16, 202204:14
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 22, 202218:43

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Tuesday, May 17, 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.