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The Moon on Saturday, May 29, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on May 29, 2010Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 May 2010391,021 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 29, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
391,021 km242,969 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2010 is on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 23:07 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 11:15 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 27, 201023:07
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 4, 201022:13

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Saturday, May 29, 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.