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The Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 2050: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on May 4, 2050Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 4 May 2050396,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 4, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
396,799 km246,560 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 2050 is on Friday, May 6, 2050 at 22:26 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 21, 2050 at 10:26 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 28, 205022:08
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 6, 205022:26

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Wednesday, May 4, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2050 to the new moon of May 20, 2050, a cycle of 29.43 days.