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The Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2056: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on May 9, 2056Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 May 2056401,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 9, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 22.6% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
401,557 km249,516 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2056 is on Saturday, April 29, 2056 at 18:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 2056 at 16:06 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 6, 205613:30
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 14, 205616:06

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Tuesday, May 9, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2056 to the new moon of May 14, 2056, a cycle of 29.68 days.