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The Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1901: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on May 9, 1901Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 May 1901390,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 9, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.7% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
390,002 km242,336 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1901 is on Friday, May 3, 1901 at 18:19 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 18, 1901 at 05:38 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 3, 190118:19
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 11, 190114:38

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Thursday, May 9, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1901 to the new moon of May 18, 1901, a cycle of 29.33 days.