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The Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 2044: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on May 17, 2044Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 May 2044403,677 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 17, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 74.8% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
403,677 km250,833 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2044 is on Thursday, May 12, 2044 at 00:17 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 2044 at 03:39 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Tuesday, May 17, 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.