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The Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2038: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on May 15, 2038Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 May 2038362,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 15, 2038, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
362,752 km225,404 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2038 is on Tuesday, May 18, 2038 at 18:23 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 2038 at 09:20 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 12, 203804:18
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 18, 203818:23

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Saturday, May 15, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2038 to the new moon of June 3, 2038, a cycle of 29.63 days.