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The Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on May 4, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 May 2042402,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 4, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
402,406 km250,043 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 2042 is on Monday, May 5, 2042 at 06:49 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:19 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Sunday, May 4, 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.