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The Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2077: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on May 6, 2077Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 May 2077399,531 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 6, 2077, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
399,531 km248,257 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2077 is on Saturday, May 8, 2077 at 02:23 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 22, 2077 at 17:20 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 29, 207723:28
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 8, 207702:23

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Thursday, May 6, 2077 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 2077 to the new moon of May 22, 2077, a cycle of 29.39 days.