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The Moon on Monday, May 24, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on May 24, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 May 2010374,105 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 24, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.0% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
374,105 km232,458 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2010 is on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 23:07 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 01:05 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 20, 201023:43
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 27, 201023:07

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Monday, May 24, 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.