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The Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on May 19, 1931Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 19 May 1931385,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 19, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
385,252 km239,384 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1931 is on Sunday, May 31, 1931 at 14:33 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 17, 193115:28
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 24, 193119:39

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Tuesday, May 19, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1931 to the new moon of June 16, 1931, a cycle of 29.48 days.