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The Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2074: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on May 5, 2074Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 5 May 2074379,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 5, 2074, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 62.0% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
379,810 km236,003 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2074 is on Friday, May 11, 2074 at 02:18 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 2074 at 06:48 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 4, 207408:53
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 11, 207402:18

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Saturday, May 5, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2074 to the new moon of May 25, 2074, a cycle of 29.66 days.