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The Moon on Friday, May 7, 2010: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on May 7, 2010Waning Crescent

Friday 7 May 2010404,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 7, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
404,003 km251,036 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 2010 is on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 01:05 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 6, 201004:15
New Moon (after)Friday, May 14, 201001:05

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Friday, May 7, 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.