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The Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1918: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 9, 1918Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 May 1918362,429 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 9, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
362,429 km225,203 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1918 is on Friday, April 26, 1918 at 08:05 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 1918 at 13:01 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 3, 191822:26
New Moon (after)Friday, May 10, 191813:01

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Thursday, May 9, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1918 to the new moon of May 10, 1918, a cycle of 29.35 days.