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The Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on May 1, 2018Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 1 May 2018394,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 1, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
394,762 km245,293 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:48 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, April 30, 201800:58
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 8, 201802:09

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 2018 to the new moon of May 15, 2018, a cycle of 29.41 days.