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The Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 2082: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on May 6, 2082Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 6 May 2082373,472 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 6, 2082, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 57.9% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
373,472 km232,065 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2082 is on Tuesday, May 12, 2082 at 09:49 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 28, 2082 at 02:02 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 5, 208219:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 12, 208209:49

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Wednesday, May 6, 2082 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 2082 to the new moon of May 27, 2082, a cycle of 29.61 days.