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The Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on May 9, 2024Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 May 2024372,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 9, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
372,171 km231,256 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 03:22 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 8, 202403:22
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 15, 202411:48

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Thursday, May 9, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2024 to the new moon of June 6, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.