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The Moon on Sunday, May 12, 2047: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on May 12, 2047Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 May 2047367,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 12, 2047, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
367,763 km228,517 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2047 is on Thursday, May 9, 2047 at 18:24 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 24, 2047 at 20:28 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 9, 204718:24
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 16, 204716:46

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Sunday, May 12, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 2047 to the new moon of May 24, 2047, a cycle of 29.66 days.