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The Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1909: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on May 1, 1909Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 May 1909405,308 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 1, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
405,308 km251,847 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1909 is on Wednesday, May 5, 1909 at 12:08 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 20, 1909 at 04:51 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 27, 190908:36
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 5, 190912:08

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Saturday, May 1, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1909 to the new moon of May 19, 1909, a cycle of 29.37 days.