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The Moon on Thursday, May 14, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on May 14, 2009Waning Gibbous

Thursday 14 May 2009404,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 14, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.6% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
404,825 km251,547 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Thursday, May 14, 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.