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The Moon on Friday, May 16, 2087: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on May 16, 2087Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 May 2087405,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 16, 2087, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
405,979 km252,264 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2087 is on Saturday, May 17, 2087 at 15:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 2, 2087 at 17:51 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Friday, May 16, 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.