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The Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2068: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on May 16, 2068Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 May 2068391,616 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 16, 2068, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
391,616 km243,339 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2068 is on Thursday, May 17, 2068 at 05:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 31, 2068 at 04:03 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 9, 206804:47
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 17, 206805:35

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Wednesday, May 16, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2068 to the new moon of May 31, 2068, a cycle of 29.41 days.