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The Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1937: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 9, 1937Waning Crescent

Sunday 9 May 1937358,739 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 9, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
358,739 km222,910 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1937 is on Sunday, April 25, 1937 at 15:24 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 10, 1937 at 13:18 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 3, 193718:37
New Moon (after)Monday, May 10, 193713:18

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Sunday, May 9, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1937 to the new moon of May 10, 1937, a cycle of 29.34 days.