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The Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 1972: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on May 10, 1972Waning Crescent

Wednesday 10 May 1972361,878 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 10, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.8% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
361,878 km224,861 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 13, 1972 at 04:08 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 6, 197212:26
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 13, 197204:08

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Wednesday, May 10, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1972 to the new moon of May 13, 1972, a cycle of 29.32 days.