Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2074: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on May 16, 2074Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 May 2074379,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 16, 2074, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 64.3% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
379,452 km235,780 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2074 is on Friday, May 11, 2074 at 02:18 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 25, 2074 at 22:44 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Wednesday, May 16, 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.