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The Moon on Monday, May 9, 2022: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

First Quarter at

00:22UTC

Moon phase on May 9, 2022First Quarter

Monday 9 May 2022396,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 9, 2022, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.9% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
396,180 km246,175 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 20:28 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 30, 202220:28
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 9, 202200:22
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 16, 202204:14

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Monday, May 9, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2022 to the new moon of May 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.