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The Moon on Sunday, May 16, 2100: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on May 16, 2100Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 May 2100380,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 16, 2100, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 43.5% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
380,626 km236,510 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2100 is on Sunday, May 23, 2100 at 17:25 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 2100 at 08:54 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 9, 210008:54
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 17, 210002:42

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Sunday, May 16, 2100 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 2100 to the new moon of June 7, 2100, a cycle of 29.61 days.