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The Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1969: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on May 10, 1969Waning Crescent

Saturday 10 May 1969379,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 10, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.2% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
379,818 km236,008 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1969 is on Friday, May 2, 1969 at 05:13 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 8, 196920:12
New Moon (after)Friday, May 16, 196908:26

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Saturday, May 10, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1969 to the new moon of May 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.59 days.