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The Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1917: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on May 19, 1917Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 May 1917378,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 19, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
378,637 km235,274 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1917 is on Monday, May 7, 1917 at 02:43 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 21, 1917 at 00:47 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 14, 191701:48
New Moon (after)Monday, May 21, 191700:47

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Saturday, May 19, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1917 to the new moon of May 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.45 days.