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The Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 2000: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

First Quarter at

20:01UTC

Moon phase on May 10, 2000First Quarter

Wednesday 10 May 2000372,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 10, 2000, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
372,427 km231,415 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 2000 is on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 07:35 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 2000 at 04:12 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 4, 200004:12
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, May 10, 200020:01
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 18, 200007:35

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Wednesday, May 10, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2000 to the new moon of June 2, 2000, a cycle of 29.33 days.