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The Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2055: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on May 15, 2055Waning Gibbous

Saturday 15 May 2055388,531 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 15, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 77.9% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
388,531 km241,422 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2055 is on Tuesday, May 11, 2055 at 02:32 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 26, 2055 at 12:57 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 11, 205502:32
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 18, 205511:30

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Saturday, May 15, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2055 to the new moon of May 26, 2055, a cycle of 29.57 days.