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The Moon on Friday, May 8, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on May 8, 2020Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 May 2020364,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 8, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
364,487 km226,481 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 7, 202010:45
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 14, 202014:03

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Friday, May 8, 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.