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The Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on May 7, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 May 2025401,073 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.5% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
401,073 km249,215 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 2025 is on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:56 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 19:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 4, 202513:52
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 12, 202516:56

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 2025 to the new moon of May 27, 2025, a cycle of 29.31 days.