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The Moon on Friday, May 17, 2097: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on May 17, 2097Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 May 2097373,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 17, 2097, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 40.3% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
373,330 km231,976 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2097 is on Sunday, May 26, 2097 at 03:36 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 11, 2097 at 18:40 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Friday, May 17, 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.