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The Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on May 19, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 May 1929391,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 19, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.9% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
391,588 km243,321 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1929 is on Thursday, May 23, 1929 at 12:50 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 9, 1929 at 06:07 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 15, 192920:56
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 23, 192912:50

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Sunday, May 19, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1929 to the new moon of June 7, 1929, a cycle of 29.33 days.