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The Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2076: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 16, 2076Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 May 2076383,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 16, 2076, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
383,921 km238,558 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2076 is on Monday, May 18, 2076 at 17:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 3, 2076 at 04:52 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 11, 207602:50
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 18, 207617:38

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Saturday, May 16, 2076 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2076 to the new moon of June 1, 2076, a cycle of 29.52 days.