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The Moon on Sunday, May 10, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on May 10, 1959Waxing Crescent

Sunday 10 May 1959404,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 10, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
404,628 km251,424 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1959 is on Friday, May 22, 1959 at 12:56 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 1959 at 20:12 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 7, 195920:12
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 15, 195920:09

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Sunday, May 10, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1959 to the new moon of June 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.