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The Moon on Friday, May 6, 2050: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Full Moon at

22:26UTC

Moon phase on May 6, 2050Full Moon

Friday 6 May 2050389,270 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 6, 2050, the Moon will be a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happens at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
389,270 km241,881 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 387,598 km from Earth. Total lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2050 is on Friday, May 6, 2050 at 22:26 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 2050 at 20:51 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 28, 205022:08
Full Moon (this day)Friday, May 6, 205022:26
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 14, 205000:04

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Friday, May 6, 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.