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The Moon on Friday, May 6, 2061: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on May 6, 2061Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 May 2061406,143 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 6, 2061, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
406,143 km252,365 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2061 is on Wednesday, May 4, 2061 at 14:13 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 19, 2061 at 11:03 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 4, 206114:13
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 12, 206116:10

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Friday, May 6, 2061 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 2061 to the new moon of May 19, 2061, a cycle of 29.33 days.