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The Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on May 2, 2018Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 2 May 2018398,131 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
398,131 km247,387 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:48 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Wednesday, May 2, 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.