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The Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 2027: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on May 19, 2027Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 May 2027390,649 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 19, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
390,649 km242,738 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2027 is on Thursday, May 20, 2027 at 10:59 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 6, 2027 at 10:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Wednesday, May 19, 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.