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The Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2071: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on May 12, 2071Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 May 2071390,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 12, 2071, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
390,242 km242,485 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2071 is on Thursday, May 14, 2071 at 03:24 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 30, 2071 at 02:30 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 6, 207119:05
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 14, 207103:24

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Tuesday, May 12, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2071 to the new moon of May 29, 2071, a cycle of 29.37 days.