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The Moon on Sunday, May 3, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on May 3, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 May 2020365,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 3, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.4% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
365,015 km226,809 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Sunday, May 3, 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.