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The Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on May 10, 1955Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 10 May 1955405,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 10, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.0% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
405,119 km251,729 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 6, 195522:14
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 15, 195501:42

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Tuesday, May 10, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1955 to the new moon of May 21, 1955, a cycle of 29.33 days.