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The Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on May 9, 2012Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 May 2012366,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 9, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.3% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
366,967 km228,023 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 6, 201203:35
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 12, 201221:47

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2012 to the new moon of May 20, 2012, a cycle of 29.69 days.