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The Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on May 10, 2005Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 10 May 2005396,174 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 10, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
396,174 km246,171 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 8, 200508:46
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 16, 200508:57

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2005 to the new moon of June 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.55 days.