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The Moon on Monday, May 9, 1921: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on May 9, 1921Waxing Crescent

Monday 9 May 1921370,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 9, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
370,331 km230,113 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1921 is on Saturday, May 21, 1921 at 20:15 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 7, 1921 at 21:01 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 7, 192121:01
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 14, 192115:24

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Monday, May 9, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1921 to the new moon of June 6, 1921, a cycle of 29.38 days.