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The Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on May 19, 2010Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 May 2010369,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 19, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
369,927 km229,862 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2010 is on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 23:07 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 01:05 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 14, 201001:05
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 20, 201023:43

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 2010 to the new moon of June 12, 2010, a cycle of 29.42 days.