Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2044: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on May 5, 2044Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 May 2044378,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 5, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
378,796 km235,373 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2044 is on Thursday, May 12, 2044 at 00:17 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 27, 2044 at 19:42 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 4, 204410:28
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 12, 204400:17

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Thursday, May 5, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 2044 to the new moon of May 27, 2044, a cycle of 29.33 days.