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The Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2013: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

29.1days

Moon phase on May 9, 2013Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 May 2013399,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 9, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
399,749 km248,392 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2013 is on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 19:57 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 00:29 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 2, 201311:14
New Moon (after)Friday, May 10, 201300:29

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Thursday, May 9, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 10, 2013 to the new moon of May 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.62 days.