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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 2028: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on May 12, 2028Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 May 2028390,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
390,297 km242,519 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2028 is on Monday, May 8, 2028 at 19:49 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 2028 at 08:16 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 8, 202819:49
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 16, 202810:43

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 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.