Waxing · 46.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°
First Quarter at
20:33UTC
Moon phase on May 10, 2011First Quarter
On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.1% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
46.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
375,565 km233,365 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 10, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, May 3, 2011 | 06:51 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 | 20:33 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | 11:09 |
The Moon around May 10
More about this date
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2011, or the whole moon calendar 2011.
- The same date one year apart: 2010 · 2012.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.