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The Moon on Friday, May 2, 2031: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on May 2, 2031Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 May 2031389,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 2, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 75.6% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
389,678 km242,134 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2031 is on Wednesday, May 7, 2031 at 03:40 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 2031 at 16:57 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 29, 203119:20
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 7, 203103:40

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Friday, May 2, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2031 to the new moon of May 21, 2031, a cycle of 29.60 days.