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The Moon on Thursday, May 10, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on May 10, 1951Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 May 1951405,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 10, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
405,538 km251,989 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 6, 195101:36
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 14, 195105:32

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Thursday, May 10, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1951 to the new moon of June 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.