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The Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2073: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on May 9, 2073Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 May 2073394,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 9, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
394,271 km244,989 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2073 is on Sunday, May 21, 2073 at 10:02 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 2073 at 06:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 7, 207306:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 14, 207318:59

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Tuesday, May 9, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 2073 to the new moon of June 5, 2073, a cycle of 29.57 days.