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The Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2052: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on May 16, 2052Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 May 2052403,951 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 16, 2052, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
403,951 km251,003 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2052 is on Monday, May 13, 2052 at 19:00 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 28, 2052 at 10:50 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 13, 205219:00
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 21, 205218:15

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Thursday, May 16, 2052 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2052 to the new moon of May 28, 2052, a cycle of 29.31 days.