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The Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 2073: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on May 17, 2073Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 May 2073364,757 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 17, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 79.3% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
364,757 km226,650 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2073 is on Sunday, May 21, 2073 at 10:02 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 2073 at 06:15 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 14, 207318:59
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 21, 207310:02

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Wednesday, May 17, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 2073 to the new moon of June 5, 2073, a cycle of 29.57 days.