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The Moon on Friday, May 1, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on May 1, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 May 2020373,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 1, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
373,921 km232,344 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 30, 202020:38
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 7, 202010:45

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Friday, May 1, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2020 to the new moon of May 22, 2020, a cycle of 29.63 days.