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The Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 2018: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on May 9, 2018Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 May 2018397,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.6% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
397,055 km246,718 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 8, 201802:09
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 15, 201811:48

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Wednesday, May 9, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 2018 to the new moon of May 15, 2018, a cycle of 29.41 days.