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The Moon on Monday, May 5, 2042: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Full Moon at

06:49UTC

Moon phase on May 5, 2042Full Moon

Monday 5 May 2042400,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 5, 2042, the Moon will be a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happens at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
400,080 km248,598 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 400,621 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2042 is on Monday, May 5, 2042 at 06:49 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 19, 2042 at 10:55 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 27, 204202:19
Full Moon (this day)Monday, May 5, 204206:49
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 12, 204219:18

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Monday, May 5, 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.