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The Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2074: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on May 12, 2074Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 May 2074358,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 12, 2074, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
358,881 km222,998 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2074 is on Friday, May 11, 2074 at 02:18 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 25, 2074 at 22:44 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 11, 207402:18
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 17, 207420:39

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Saturday, May 12, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2074 to the new moon of May 25, 2074, a cycle of 29.66 days.