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The Moon on Sunday, May 16, 2049: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on May 16, 2049Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 May 2049371,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 16, 2049, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
371,055 km230,563 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2049 is on Monday, May 17, 2049 at 11:14 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 2, 2049 at 00:11 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 10, 204901:57
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 17, 204911:14

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Sunday, May 16, 2049 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2049 to the new moon of May 31, 2049, a cycle of 29.58 days.