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The Moon on Friday, May 10, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on May 10, 1963Waning Gibbous

Friday 10 May 1963402,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 10, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
402,705 km250,229 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1963 is on Wednesday, May 8, 1963 at 17:23 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 23, 1963 at 04:00 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 8, 196317:23
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 16, 196313:36

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Friday, May 10, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1963 to the new moon of May 23, 1963, a cycle of 29.31 days.