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The Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2085: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on May 6, 2085Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 May 2085393,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 6, 2085, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
393,525 km244,525 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2085 is on Wednesday, May 9, 2085 at 16:04 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 24, 2085 at 02:59 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 1, 208520:52
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 9, 208516:04

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Sunday, May 6, 2085 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 2085 to the new moon of May 23, 2085, a cycle of 29.48 days.