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The Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 2023: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on May 10, 2023Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 10 May 2023369,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.5% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
369,491 km229,591 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 2023 is on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 17:34 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 15:53 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 5, 202317:34
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 12, 202314:28

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 2023 to the new moon of May 19, 2023, a cycle of 29.49 days.