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The Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2072: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on May 8, 2072Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 May 2072400,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 8, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 65.5% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
400,958 km249,144 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 2072 at 00:18 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Sunday, May 8, 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.