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The Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 8, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 May 2025403,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 8, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
403,663 km250,825 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2025 is on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:56 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 19:31 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Thursday, May 8, 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.