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The Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 1961: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on May 9, 1961Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 May 1961371,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 9, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.8% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
371,855 km231,060 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 7, 196115:57
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 14, 196116:54

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Tuesday, May 9, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1961 to the new moon of May 14, 1961, a cycle of 29.47 days.