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The Moon on Friday, May 2, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on May 2, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 May 2042405,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 2, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
405,346 km251,870 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2042 is on Monday, May 5, 2042 at 06:49 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:19 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 27, 204202:19
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 5, 204206:49

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Friday, May 2, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 2042 to the new moon of May 19, 2042, a cycle of 29.36 days.