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The Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on May 2, 2040Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 2 May 2040368,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 2, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 65.2% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
368,374 km228,897 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2040 is on Friday, April 27, 2040 at 02:38 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 27, 204002:38
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 3, 204020:00

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Wednesday, May 2, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 2040 to the new moon of May 11, 2040, a cycle of 29.56 days.