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The Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2050: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on May 8, 2050Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 May 2050381,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 8, 2050, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
381,914 km237,310 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2050 is on Friday, May 6, 2050 at 22:26 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 2050 at 20:51 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 6, 205022:26
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 14, 205000:04

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Sunday, May 8, 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.