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The Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 1909: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Full Moon at

12:08UTC

Moon phase on May 5, 1909Full Moon

Wednesday 5 May 1909397,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 5, 1909, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
397,306 km246,874 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 397,289 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1909 is on Wednesday, May 5, 1909 at 12:08 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 1909 at 13:42 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 27, 190908:36
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, May 5, 190912:08
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 12, 190921:45

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Wednesday, May 5, 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.