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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 2081: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on May 9, 2081Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 May 2081385,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 2081, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
385,263 km239,391 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2081 is on Thursday, May 22, 2081 at 20:26 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 2081 at 22:09 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 8, 208122:09
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 15, 208123:21

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2081 to the new moon of June 7, 2081, a cycle of 29.45 days.