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The Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1964: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on May 9, 1964Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 May 1964367,183 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 9, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
367,183 km228,157 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1964 is on Sunday, April 26, 1964 at 17:50 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 11, 1964 at 21:02 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 4, 196422:20
New Moon (after)Monday, May 11, 196421:02

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Saturday, May 9, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1964 to the new moon of May 11, 1964, a cycle of 29.35 days.