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The Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2044: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on May 15, 2044Waning Gibbous

Sunday 15 May 2044405,722 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 15, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
405,722 km252,104 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2044 is on Thursday, May 12, 2044 at 00:17 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 2044 at 03:39 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 12, 204400:17
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 20, 204404:02

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Sunday, May 15, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 2044 to the new moon of May 27, 2044, a cycle of 29.33 days.