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The Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 1934: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on May 9, 1934Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 May 1934379,777 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 9, 1934, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
379,777 km235,983 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1934 is on Sunday, April 29, 1934 at 12:45 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 13, 1934 at 12:30 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 6, 193406:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 13, 193412:30

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Wednesday, May 9, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1934 to the new moon of May 13, 1934, a cycle of 29.52 days.