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The Moon on Monday, May 1, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on May 1, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Monday 1 May 2023398,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 1, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.0% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
398,087 km247,360 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2023 is on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 17:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 04:13 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 27, 202321:20
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 5, 202317:34

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Monday, May 1, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 2023 to the new moon of May 19, 2023, a cycle of 29.49 days.