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The Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on May 10, 1989Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 May 1989386,354 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 10, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.6% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
386,354 km240,069 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 5, 198911:46
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 12, 198914:20

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Wednesday, May 10, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1989 to the new moon of June 3, 1989, a cycle of 29.34 days.