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The Moon on Monday, May 4, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on May 4, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 May 2020361,821 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 4, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
361,821 km224,825 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Monday, May 4, 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.