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The Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2055: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on May 9, 2055Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 9 May 2055363,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 9, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
363,271 km225,726 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2055 is on Tuesday, May 11, 2055 at 02:32 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 26, 2055 at 23:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 4, 205511:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 11, 205502:32

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Sunday, May 9, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2055 to the new moon of May 26, 2055, a cycle of 29.57 days.