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The Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2044: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 8, 2044Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 8 May 2044390,615 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 8, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
390,615 km242,717 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2044 is on Thursday, May 12, 2044 at 00:17 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 27, 2044 at 19:42 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Sunday, May 8, 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.