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The Moon on Sunday, May 10, 1942: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on May 10, 1942Waning Crescent

Sunday 10 May 1942390,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 10, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.5% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
390,515 km242,655 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1942 is on Thursday, April 30, 1942 at 22:00 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 7, 194212:13
New Moon (after)Friday, May 15, 194205:45

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Sunday, May 10, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1942 to the new moon of May 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.63 days.