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The Moon on Friday, May 10, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on May 10, 1974Waning Gibbous

Friday 10 May 1974401,616 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 10, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
401,616 km249,552 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1974 is on Monday, May 6, 1974 at 08:55 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 21, 1974 at 20:34 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 6, 197408:55
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 14, 197409:29

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Friday, May 10, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1974 to the new moon of May 21, 1974, a cycle of 29.43 days.