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The Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2054: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on May 17, 2054Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 May 2054374,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 17, 2054, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
374,264 km232,557 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2054 is on Thursday, May 21, 2054 at 15:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 2054 at 17:01 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Sunday, May 17, 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.