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The Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 1906: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on May 9, 1906Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 May 1906357,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 9, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
357,367 km222,057 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1906 is on Tuesday, May 8, 1906 at 14:10 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 1906 at 08:01 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 8, 190614:10
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 15, 190607:03

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Wednesday, May 9, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1906 to the new moon of May 23, 1906, a cycle of 29.66 days.