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The Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2078: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on May 3, 2078Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 May 2078389,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 3, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 66.7% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
389,642 km242,112 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2078 is on Wednesday, April 27, 2078 at 04:19 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 11, 2078 at 17:56 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 27, 207804:19
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 5, 207802:29

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Tuesday, May 3, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2078 to the new moon of May 11, 2078, a cycle of 29.34 days.