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The Moon on Friday, May 5, 2028: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 5, 2028Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 May 2028366,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 5, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
366,522 km227,746 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2028 is on Monday, May 8, 2028 at 19:49 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 24, 2028 at 19:47 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 2, 202802:26
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 8, 202819:49

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Friday, May 5, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 2028 to the new moon of May 24, 2028, a cycle of 29.52 days.