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The Moon on Sunday, May 10, 1953: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on May 10, 1953Waning Crescent

Sunday 10 May 1953365,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 10, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.1% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
365,661 km227,211 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1953 is on Wednesday, April 29, 1953 at 04:21 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 13, 1953 at 05:06 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 6, 195312:21
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 13, 195305:06

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Sunday, May 10, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1953 to the new moon of May 13, 1953, a cycle of 29.37 days.