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The Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on May 1, 2010Waning Gibbous

Saturday 1 May 2010387,904 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 1, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
387,904 km241,032 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2010 is on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:19 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 01:05 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 28, 201012:19
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 6, 201004:15

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Saturday, May 1, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2010 to the new moon of May 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.52 days.