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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 1924: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on May 9, 1924Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 May 1924401,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 1924, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
401,228 km249,312 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1924 is on Sunday, May 18, 1924 at 21:52 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 3, 1924 at 23:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 3, 192423:00
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 12, 192402:14

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 1924 to the new moon of June 2, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.