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The Moon on Friday, May 10, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on May 10, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Friday 10 May 1968361,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 10, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
361,567 km224,668 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 5, 196817:54
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 12, 196813:05

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Friday, May 10, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 1968 to the new moon of May 27, 1968, a cycle of 29.67 days.