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The Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on May 9, 2001Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 May 2001388,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 9, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
388,268 km241,258 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2001 is on Monday, May 7, 2001 at 13:53 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 02:46 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 7, 200113:53
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 15, 200110:11

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Wednesday, May 9, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2001 to the new moon of May 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.47 days.