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The Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2030: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on May 9, 2030Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 May 2030394,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 9, 2030, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 37.9% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
394,194 km244,941 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2030 is on Friday, May 17, 2030 at 11:19 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 2, 2030 at 14:12 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 2, 203014:12
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 10, 203017:12

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Thursday, May 9, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2030 to the new moon of June 1, 2030, a cycle of 29.67 days.