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The Moon on Friday, May 15, 2071: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on May 15, 2071Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 May 2071399,730 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 15, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
399,730 km248,381 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2071 is on Thursday, May 14, 2071 at 03:24 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 29, 2071 at 11:17 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 14, 207103:24
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 22, 207106:19

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Friday, May 15, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2071 to the new moon of May 29, 2071, a cycle of 29.37 days.