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The Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1999: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 9, 1999Waning Crescent

Sunday 9 May 1999383,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 9, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
383,680 km238,408 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 8, 199917:29
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 15, 199912:05

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Sunday, May 9, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1999 to the new moon of May 15, 1999, a cycle of 29.32 days.