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The Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2030: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on May 16, 2030Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 May 2030358,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 16, 2030, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
358,141 km222,538 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2030 is on Friday, May 17, 2030 at 11:19 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 2, 2030 at 14:12 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 10, 203017:12
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 17, 203011:19

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Thursday, May 16, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2030 to the new moon of June 1, 2030, a cycle of 29.67 days.