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The Moon on Friday, May 10, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on May 10, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Friday 10 May 1946392,957 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 10, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
392,957 km244,172 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 8, 194605:13
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 16, 194602:53

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Friday, May 10, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1946 to the new moon of May 30, 1946, a cycle of 29.31 days.