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The Moon on Thursday, May 10, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on May 10, 1990Waning Gibbous

Thursday 10 May 1990406,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 10, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
406,340 km252,488 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 9, 199019:31
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 17, 199019:45

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Thursday, May 10, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1990 to the new moon of May 24, 1990, a cycle of 29.31 days.