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The Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 2096: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on May 2, 2096Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 May 2096398,819 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 2, 2096, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
398,819 km247,815 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2096 is on Monday, May 7, 2096 at 11:07 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 22, 2096 at 17:43 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 29, 209610:50
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 7, 209611:07

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Wednesday, May 2, 2096 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 2096 to the new moon of May 22, 2096, a cycle of 29.33 days.