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The Moon on Friday, May 10, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on May 10, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Friday 10 May 1957369,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 10, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
369,470 km229,578 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 7, 195702:30
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 13, 195722:34

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Friday, May 10, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1957 to the new moon of May 29, 1957, a cycle of 29.49 days.