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The Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2043: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on May 17, 2043Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 May 2043395,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 17, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 66.3% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
395,448 km245,720 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2043 is on Saturday, May 23, 2043 at 23:37 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 9, 2043 at 03:21 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 15, 204321:05
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 23, 204323:37

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Sunday, May 17, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 2043 to the new moon of June 7, 2043, a cycle of 29.30 days.