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The Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2088: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on May 6, 2088Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 May 2088403,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 6, 2088, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
403,760 km250,884 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2088 is on Wednesday, May 5, 2088 at 16:25 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 20, 2088 at 18:49 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 5, 208816:25
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 13, 208820:09

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Thursday, May 6, 2088 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2088 to the new moon of May 20, 2088, a cycle of 29.35 days.