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The Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 2047: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 8, 2047Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 May 2047357,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 8, 2047, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
357,949 km222,419 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2047 is on Thursday, May 9, 2047 at 18:24 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 25, 2047 at 04:40 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Wednesday, May 8, 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.