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The Moon on Thursday, May 17, 2057: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on May 17, 2057Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 May 2057361,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 17, 2057, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
361,665 km224,728 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2057 is on Friday, May 18, 2057 at 19:02 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 3, 2057 at 16:32 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 11, 205721:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 18, 205719:02

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Thursday, May 17, 2057 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2057 to the new moon of June 2, 2057, a cycle of 29.65 days.