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The Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1929: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

New Moon at

06:07UTC

Moon phase on May 9, 1929New Moon

Thursday 9 May 1929362,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 9, 1929, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
362,361 km225,161 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1929 is on Thursday, May 23, 1929 at 12:50 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 9, 1929 at 06:07 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 2, 192901:26
New Moon (this day)Thursday, May 9, 192906:07
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 15, 192920:56

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Thursday, May 9, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1929 to the new moon of June 7, 1929, a cycle of 29.33 days.