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The Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on May 10, 1997Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 May 1997390,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 10, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
390,204 km242,461 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 20:47 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 6, 199720:47
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 14, 199710:55

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Saturday, May 10, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1997 to the new moon of June 5, 1997, a cycle of 29.43 days.