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The Moon on Friday, May 8, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on May 8, 2015Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 May 2015380,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 8, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
380,390 km236,363 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Friday, May 8, 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.