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The Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on May 9, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 9 May 2017402,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 9, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
402,499 km250,101 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 12:16 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 3, 201702:47
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 10, 201721:43

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Tuesday, May 9, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2017 to the new moon of May 25, 2017, a cycle of 29.31 days.