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The Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on May 9, 2019Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 May 2019374,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 9, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
374,209 km232,522 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 22:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 4, 201922:46
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 12, 201901:12

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Thursday, May 9, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2019 to the new moon of June 3, 2019, a cycle of 29.47 days.