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The Moon on Monday, May 9, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on May 9, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Monday 9 May 1927400,414 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 9, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.4% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
400,414 km248,806 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 1, 1927 at 12:40 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 8, 192715:27
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 16, 192719:03

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Monday, May 9, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1927 to the new moon of May 30, 1927, a cycle of 29.35 days.