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The Moon on Friday, May 19, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on May 19, 1916Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 May 1916361,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 19, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
361,316 km224,511 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1916 is on Wednesday, May 17, 1916 at 14:11 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 31, 1916 at 19:37 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 17, 191614:11
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 24, 191605:16

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Friday, May 19, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1916 to the new moon of May 31, 1916, a cycle of 29.59 days.