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The Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 1961: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on May 10, 1961Waning Crescent

Wednesday 10 May 1961373,590 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 10, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
373,590 km232,138 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 7, 196115:57
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 14, 196116:54

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Wednesday, May 10, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1961 to the new moon of May 14, 1961, a cycle of 29.47 days.