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The Moon on Sunday, May 16, 2038: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on May 16, 2038Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 May 2038360,215 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 16, 2038, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
360,215 km223,827 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2038 is on Tuesday, May 18, 2038 at 18:23 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 2038 at 09:20 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Sunday, May 16, 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.