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The Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on May 9, 1974Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 May 1974398,848 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 9, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
398,848 km247,833 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1974 is on Monday, May 6, 1974 at 08:55 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 21, 1974 at 20:34 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 6, 197408:55
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 14, 197409:29

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Thursday, May 9, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1974 to the new moon of May 21, 1974, a cycle of 29.43 days.