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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 1952: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Full Moon at

20:16UTC

Moon phase on May 9, 1952Full Moon

Friday 9 May 1952376,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 1952, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
376,218 km233,771 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 374,856 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 2, 195203:58
Full Moon (this day)Friday, May 9, 195220:16
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 16, 195214:39

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 1952 to the new moon of May 23, 1952, a cycle of 29.50 days.