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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 2079: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on May 12, 2079Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 May 2079397,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 2079, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
397,599 km247,056 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2079 is on Monday, May 15, 2079 at 20:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 1, 2079 at 10:57 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 8, 207901:37
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 15, 207920:58

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2079 to the new moon of May 30, 2079, a cycle of 29.32 days.