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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on May 9, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 May 2014398,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
398,427 km247,571 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2014 is on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 19:16 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 7, 201403:15
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 14, 201419:16

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2014 to the new moon of May 28, 2014, a cycle of 29.52 days.