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The Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on May 12, 2009Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 May 2009403,573 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 12, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
403,573 km250,769 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Tuesday, May 12, 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.