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The Moon on Friday, May 8, 1914: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on May 8, 1914Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 May 1914358,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 8, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
358,945 km223,038 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1914 is on Saturday, May 9, 1914 at 21:30 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 1914 at 11:21 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 3, 191406:29
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 9, 191421:30

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Friday, May 8, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1914 to the new moon of May 25, 1914, a cycle of 29.63 days.