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The Moon on Friday, May 4, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on May 4, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 May 2012359,573 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 4, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
359,573 km223,428 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 29, 201209:58
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 6, 201203:35

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Friday, May 4, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2012 to the new moon of May 20, 2012, a cycle of 29.69 days.