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The Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on May 10, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 10 May 1949361,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 10, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
361,965 km224,914 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 5, 194921:33
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 12, 194912:51

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Tuesday, May 10, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1949 to the new moon of May 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.60 days.