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The Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2096: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on May 6, 2096Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 May 2096406,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 6, 2096, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
406,188 km252,393 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2096 is on Monday, May 7, 2096 at 11:07 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 22, 2096 at 17:43 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Sunday, May 6, 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.