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The Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2097: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on May 16, 2097Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 May 2097368,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 16, 2097, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.4% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
368,622 km229,051 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2097 is on Sunday, May 26, 2097 at 03:36 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 11, 2097 at 18:40 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 11, 209718:40
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 18, 209709:14

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Thursday, May 16, 2097 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2097 to the new moon of June 10, 2097, a cycle of 29.31 days.