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The Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

21.5days

Moon phase on May 9, 1996Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 May 1996369,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 9, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.3% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
369,447 km229,564 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 3, 199611:48
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 10, 199605:04

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Thursday, May 9, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 1996 to the new moon of May 17, 1996, a cycle of 29.54 days.