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The Moon on Friday, May 5, 2045: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on May 5, 2045Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 May 2045399,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 5, 2045, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 81.9% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
399,179 km248,038 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2045 is on Monday, May 1, 2045 at 05:52 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 16, 2045 at 18:27 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Friday, May 5, 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.