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The Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 2045: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on May 2, 2045Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 May 2045387,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 2, 2045, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
387,336 km240,679 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2045 is on Monday, May 1, 2045 at 05:52 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 16, 2045 at 18:27 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 1, 204505:52
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 9, 204502:51

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Tuesday, May 2, 2045 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 2045 to the new moon of May 16, 2045, a cycle of 29.46 days.