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The Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2072: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on May 7, 2072Waning Gibbous

Saturday 7 May 2072397,669 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 7, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 74.4% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
397,669 km247,100 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 2072 at 00:18 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 2, 207211:34
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 10, 207203:17

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Saturday, May 7, 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.