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The Moon on Monday, May 9, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on May 9, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Monday 9 May 1949362,862 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 9, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
362,862 km225,472 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 5, 194921:33
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 12, 194912:51

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Monday, May 9, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1949 to the new moon of May 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.60 days.