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The Moon on Monday, May 4, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on May 4, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 May 2009379,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 4, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
379,498 km235,809 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 1, 200920:44
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 9, 200904:02

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Monday, May 4, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 2009 to the new moon of May 24, 2009, a cycle of 29.37 days.