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The Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on May 9, 1916Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 May 1916402,191 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 9, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
402,191 km249,910 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1916 is on Wednesday, May 17, 1916 at 14:11 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 2, 1916 at 05:29 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 2, 191605:29
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 10, 191608:47

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Tuesday, May 9, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1916 to the new moon of May 31, 1916, a cycle of 29.59 days.