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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2087: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on May 15, 2087Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 May 2087406,116 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 2087, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
406,116 km252,349 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2087 is on Saturday, May 17, 2087 at 15:55 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 2, 2087 at 17:51 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 9, 208713:09
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 17, 208715:55

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2087 to the new moon of June 1, 2087, a cycle of 29.32 days.