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The Moon on Monday, May 9, 2072: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 9, 2072Waning Gibbous

Monday 9 May 2072403,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 9, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 56.2% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
403,149 km250,505 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 2072 at 00:18 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 2, 207211:34
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 10, 207203:17

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Monday, May 9, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2072 to the new moon of May 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.51 days.