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The Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2096: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on May 3, 2096Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 May 2096401,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 3, 2096, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 86.4% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
401,856 km249,701 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2096 is on Monday, May 7, 2096 at 11:07 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 22, 2096 at 17:43 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Thursday, May 3, 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.