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The Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2036: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on May 6, 2036Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 May 2036375,954 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 6, 2036, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 83.6% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
375,954 km233,607 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2036 is on Saturday, May 10, 2036 at 08:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 26, 2036 at 09:33 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 3, 203605:54
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 10, 203608:10

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Tuesday, May 6, 2036 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2036 to the new moon of May 25, 2036, a cycle of 29.41 days.