Waning · 65.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°
Moon age
20.4days
Moon phase on May 6, 2018Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, May 6, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
404,307 km251,225 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 6, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:48 UTC, 9 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Monday, April 30, 2018 | 00:58 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, May 8, 2018 | 02:09 |
The Moon around May 6
More about this date
Sunday, May 6, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2018, or the whole moon calendar 2018.
- The same date one year apart: 2017 · 2019.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.