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The Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on May 9, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 9 May 1971399,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 9, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
399,592 km248,295 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 2, 197107:34
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 10, 197111:24

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Sunday, May 9, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1971 to the new moon of May 24, 1971, a cycle of 29.35 days.