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The Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on May 1, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 1 May 2072371,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 1, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
371,592 km230,896 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 2072 at 11:57 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 25, 207216:35
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 2, 207211:34

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Sunday, May 1, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2072 to the new moon of May 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.51 days.