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The Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 1926: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

First Quarter at

17:48UTC

Moon phase on May 19, 1926First Quarter

Wednesday 19 May 1926404,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 19, 1926, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.8% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
404,097 km251,094 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1926 is on Thursday, May 27, 1926 at 11:49 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 1926 at 22:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 11, 192622:55
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, May 19, 192617:48
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 27, 192611:49

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Wednesday, May 19, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1926 to the new moon of June 10, 1926, a cycle of 29.47 days.