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The Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 1988: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on May 10, 1988Waning Crescent

Tuesday 10 May 1988369,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 10, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.8% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
369,117 km229,359 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1988 at 22:11 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 9, 198801:23
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 15, 198822:11

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Tuesday, May 10, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1988 to the new moon of May 15, 1988, a cycle of 29.42 days.