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The Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on May 9, 1959Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 May 1959405,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 9, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
405,924 km252,230 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1959 is on Friday, May 22, 1959 at 12:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 1959 at 20:12 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 7, 195920:12
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 15, 195920:09

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Saturday, May 9, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1959 to the new moon of June 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.