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The Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 2053: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on May 7, 2053Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 7 May 2053405,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 7, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 80.9% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
405,220 km251,792 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 2053 is on Friday, May 2, 2053 at 20:25 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 2053 at 03:43 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 2, 205320:25
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 10, 205323:40

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Wednesday, May 7, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2053 to the new moon of May 18, 2053, a cycle of 29.37 days.