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The Moon on Monday, May 8, 1995: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on May 8, 1995Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 May 1995390,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 8, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.1% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
390,526 km242,662 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1995 is on Sunday, May 14, 1995 at 20:48 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 29, 1995 at 17:37 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 7, 199521:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 14, 199520:48

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Monday, May 8, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1995 to the new moon of May 29, 1995, a cycle of 29.66 days.