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The Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 2052: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on May 8, 2052Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 May 2052396,215 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 8, 2052, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 76.4% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
396,215 km246,196 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2052 is on Monday, May 13, 2052 at 19:00 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 2052 at 03:21 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 5, 205219:05
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 13, 205219:00

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Wednesday, May 8, 2052 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2052 to the new moon of May 28, 2052, a cycle of 29.31 days.