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The Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2035: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on May 16, 2035Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 May 2035387,191 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 16, 2035, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
387,191 km240,589 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2035 is on Tuesday, May 22, 2035 at 04:26 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 7, 2035 at 20:04 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 14, 203510:28
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 22, 203504:26

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Wednesday, May 16, 2035 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 2035 to the new moon of June 6, 2035, a cycle of 29.30 days.