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The Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on May 9, 1940Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 May 1940390,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 9, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
390,620 km242,720 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1940 is on Tuesday, May 21, 1940 at 13:33 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 7, 1940 at 12:07 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 7, 194012:07
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 14, 194020:51

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Thursday, May 9, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1940 to the new moon of June 6, 1940, a cycle of 29.54 days.