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The Moon on Sunday, May 10, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on May 10, 2009Waning Gibbous

Sunday 10 May 2009399,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 10, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
399,067 km247,968 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 9, 200904:02
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 17, 200907:26

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Sunday, May 10, 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.