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The Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on May 10, 1978Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 May 1978403,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 10, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
403,750 km250,878 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1978 is on Monday, May 22, 1978 at 13:17 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 1978 at 04:47 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 7, 197804:47
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 15, 197807:40

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Wednesday, May 10, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1978 to the new moon of June 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.59 days.