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The Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on May 9, 1917Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 May 1917375,021 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 9, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
375,021 km233,027 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1917 is on Monday, May 7, 1917 at 02:43 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 21, 1917 at 00:47 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 7, 191702:43
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 14, 191701:48

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Wednesday, May 9, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1917 to the new moon of May 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.45 days.