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The Moon on Thursday, May 10, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on May 10, 1962Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 May 1962397,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 10, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
397,426 km246,949 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1962 is on Saturday, May 19, 1962 at 14:32 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 4, 196204:25
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 11, 196212:44

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Thursday, May 10, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1962 to the new moon of June 2, 1962, a cycle of 29.38 days.