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The Moon on Monday, May 16, 2072: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on May 16, 2072Waning Crescent

Monday 16 May 2072387,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 16, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
387,714 km240,914 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 2072 at 00:18 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 10, 207203:17
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 18, 207200:18

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Monday, May 16, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2072 to the new moon of May 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.51 days.