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The Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1903: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on May 9, 1903Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 9 May 1903385,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 9, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
385,672 km239,646 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1903 is on Monday, May 11, 1903 at 13:18 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 27, 1903 at 13:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 4, 190307:26
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 11, 190313:18

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Saturday, May 9, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 1903 to the new moon of May 26, 1903, a cycle of 29.39 days.