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The Moon on Monday, May 17, 2038: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on May 17, 2038Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 May 2038359,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 17, 2038, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
359,241 km223,222 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2038 is on Tuesday, May 18, 2038 at 18:23 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 2038 at 09:20 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Monday, May 17, 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.