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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on May 9, 2008Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 May 2008367,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.1% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
367,232 km228,187 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 5, 200812:18
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 12, 200803:47

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.