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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on May 9, 2042Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 May 2042387,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 82.9% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
387,256 km240,630 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2042 is on Monday, May 5, 2042 at 06:49 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 19, 2042 at 10:55 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 5, 204206:49
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 12, 204219:18

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 2042 to the new moon of May 19, 2042, a cycle of 29.36 days.