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The Moon on Sunday, May 2, 1909: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on May 2, 1909Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 May 1909404,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 2, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
404,336 km251,243 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1909 is on Wednesday, May 5, 1909 at 12:08 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 20, 1909 at 04:51 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Sunday, May 2, 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.