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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 1930: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 9, 1930Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 May 1930375,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
375,264 km233,178 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1930 is on Monday, May 12, 1930 at 17:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 28, 1930 at 19:08 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 5, 193016:53
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 12, 193017:29

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1930 to the new moon of May 28, 1930, a cycle of 29.44 days.