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The Moon on Friday, May 1, 2048: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 1, 2048Waning Gibbous

Friday 1 May 2048362,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 1, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
362,141 km225,024 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2048 is on Tuesday, April 28, 2048 at 11:13 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 12, 2048 at 20:58 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 28, 204811:13
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 5, 204802:22

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Friday, May 1, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 2048 to the new moon of May 12, 2048, a cycle of 29.65 days.