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The Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2054: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on May 16, 2054Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 May 2054372,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 16, 2054, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
372,359 km231,373 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2054 is on Thursday, May 21, 2054 at 15:16 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 2054 at 17:01 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 14, 205413:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 21, 205415:16

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Saturday, May 16, 2054 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 2054 to the new moon of June 6, 2054, a cycle of 29.40 days.