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The Moon on Sunday, May 10, 1981: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

First Quarter at

22:22UTC

Moon phase on May 10, 1981First Quarter

Sunday 10 May 1981384,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 10, 1981, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.6% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
384,460 km238,892 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1981 is on Tuesday, May 19, 1981 at 00:04 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 4, 1981 at 04:19 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 4, 198104:19
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 10, 198122:22
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 19, 198100:04

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Sunday, May 10, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1981 to the new moon of June 2, 1981, a cycle of 29.30 days.