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The Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2071: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on May 17, 2071Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 May 2071404,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 17, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
404,013 km251,042 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2071 is on Thursday, May 14, 2071 at 03:24 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 29, 2071 at 11:17 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Sunday, May 17, 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.