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The Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on May 5, 2015Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 May 2015390,472 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 5, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
390,472 km242,628 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 4, 201503:42
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 11, 201510:36

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2015 to the new moon of May 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.39 days.