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The Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2068: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 12, 2068Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 May 2068403,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 12, 2068, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 79.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
403,565 km250,764 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2068 is on Thursday, May 17, 2068 at 05:35 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 1, 2068 at 18:07 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 9, 206804:47
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 17, 206805:35

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Saturday, May 12, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2068 to the new moon of May 31, 2068, a cycle of 29.41 days.