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The Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on May 5, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 5 May 2020359,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 5, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
359,979 km223,681 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Tuesday, May 5, 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.