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The Moon on Thursday, May 10, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on May 10, 2012Waning Gibbous

Thursday 10 May 2012372,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 10, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.1% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
372,683 km231,575 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 6, 201203:35
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 12, 201221:47

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Thursday, May 10, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2012 to the new moon of May 20, 2012, a cycle of 29.69 days.