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The Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2071: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on May 16, 2071Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 May 2071402,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 16, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
402,196 km249,913 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2071 is on Thursday, May 14, 2071 at 03:24 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 29, 2071 at 11:17 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Saturday, May 16, 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.