Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°
Moon age
13.4days
Moon phase on May 6, 2020Waxing Gibbous
On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
359,765 km223,548 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 6, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, April 30, 2020 | 20:38 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, May 7, 2020 | 10:45 |
The Moon around May 6
More about this date
Wednesday, May 6, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2020, or the whole moon calendar 2020.
- The same date one year apart: 2019 · 2021.
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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.