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The Moon on Friday, May 4, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on May 4, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 May 2001371,261 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 4, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
371,261 km230,691 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 2001 is on Monday, May 7, 2001 at 13:53 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 2001 at 15:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 30, 200117:08
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 7, 200113:53

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Friday, May 4, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2001 to the new moon of May 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.47 days.