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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on May 9, 1986Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 May 1986405,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
405,568 km252,008 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 8, 198622:10
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 17, 198601:00

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 1986 to the new moon of June 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.66 days.