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The Moon on Thursday, May 17, 2046: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on May 17, 2046Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 May 2046366,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 17, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
366,050 km227,453 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2046 is on Sunday, May 20, 2046 at 03:15 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 2046 at 02:56 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Thursday, May 17, 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.