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The Moon on Sunday, May 10, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on May 10, 1970Waxing Crescent

Sunday 10 May 1970400,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 10, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.6% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
400,072 km248,593 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 at 14:51 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 5, 197014:51
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 13, 197010:26

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Sunday, May 10, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1970 to the new moon of June 4, 1970, a cycle of 29.48 days.