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The Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2046: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on May 15, 2046Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 May 2046367,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 15, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
367,011 km228,050 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2046 is on Sunday, May 20, 2046 at 03:15 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 2046 at 02:56 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 13, 204610:25
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 20, 204603:15

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Tuesday, May 15, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2046 to the new moon of June 4, 2046, a cycle of 29.52 days.