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The Moon on Monday, May 6, 2047: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on May 6, 2047Waxing Gibbous

Monday 6 May 2047363,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 6, 2047, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 84.5% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
363,605 km225,934 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2047 is on Thursday, May 9, 2047 at 18:24 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 25, 2047 at 04:40 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 3, 204703:26
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 9, 204718:24

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Monday, May 6, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 2047 to the new moon of May 24, 2047, a cycle of 29.66 days.