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The Moon on Friday, May 17, 2052: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on May 17, 2052Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 May 2052401,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 17, 2052, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
401,725 km249,621 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2052 is on Monday, May 13, 2052 at 19:00 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 28, 2052 at 10:50 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Friday, May 17, 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.