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The Moon on Friday, May 10, 1996: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Last Quarter at

05:04UTC

Moon phase on May 10, 1996Last Quarter

Friday 10 May 1996371,720 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 10, 1996, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.8% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
371,720 km230,976 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 3, 199611:48
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, May 10, 199605:04
New Moon (after)Friday, May 17, 199611:46

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Friday, May 10, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 1996 to the new moon of May 17, 1996, a cycle of 29.54 days.