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The Moon on Friday, May 16, 2098: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on May 16, 2098Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 May 2098393,387 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 16, 2098, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
393,387 km244,439 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2098 is on Thursday, May 15, 2098 at 07:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 30, 2098 at 18:23 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 15, 209807:16
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 23, 209807:39

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Friday, May 16, 2098 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2098 to the new moon of May 30, 2098, a cycle of 29.41 days.