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The Moon on Saturday, May 10, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on May 10, 2008Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 May 2008372,531 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 10, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.3% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
372,531 km231,480 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 5, 200812:18
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 12, 200803:47

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Saturday, May 10, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.