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The Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on May 10, 1947Waning Gibbous

Saturday 10 May 1947404,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 10, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.9% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
404,887 km251,585 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 5, 194704:53
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 13, 194708:08

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Saturday, May 10, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1947 to the new moon of May 20, 1947, a cycle of 29.39 days.