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The Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 2049: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on May 12, 2049Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 May 2049392,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 12, 2049, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
392,204 km243,704 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2049 is on Monday, May 17, 2049 at 11:14 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 2, 2049 at 00:11 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 10, 204901:57
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 17, 204911:14

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Wednesday, May 12, 2049 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2049 to the new moon of May 31, 2049, a cycle of 29.58 days.