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The Moon on Sunday, May 16, 2027: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on May 16, 2027Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 May 2027380,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 16, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
380,640 km236,519 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2027 is on Thursday, May 20, 2027 at 10:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 6, 2027 at 10:59 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 13, 202704:44
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 20, 202710:59

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Sunday, May 16, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2027 to the new moon of June 4, 2027, a cycle of 29.36 days.