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The Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1980: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on May 10, 1980Waning Crescent

Saturday 10 May 1980365,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 10, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
365,042 km226,826 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 7, 198020:51
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 14, 198012:00

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Saturday, May 10, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1980 to the new moon of May 14, 1980, a cycle of 29.34 days.