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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on May 9, 1958Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 May 1958391,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.1% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
391,676 km243,376 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1958 is on Saturday, May 3, 1958 at 12:23 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 3, 195812:23
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 10, 195814:38

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 19, 1958 to the new moon of May 18, 1958, a cycle of 29.65 days.