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The Moon on Monday, May 8, 1911: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on May 8, 1911Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 May 1911389,960 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 8, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.5% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
389,960 km242,310 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1911 is on Saturday, May 13, 1911 at 06:10 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 28, 1911 at 22:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 5, 191113:14
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 13, 191106:10

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Monday, May 8, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1911 to the new moon of May 28, 1911, a cycle of 29.33 days.