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The Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1954: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

First Quarter at

18:17UTC

Moon phase on May 9, 1954First Quarter

Sunday 9 May 1954390,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 9, 1954, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.5% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
390,788 km242,825 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 2, 1954 at 20:22 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 2, 195420:22
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 9, 195418:17
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 17, 195421:47

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Sunday, May 9, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1954 to the new moon of June 1, 1954, a cycle of 29.32 days.