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The Moon on Thursday, May 19, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on May 19, 1938Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 May 1938404,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 19, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
404,760 km251,506 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1938 is on Saturday, May 14, 1938 at 08:39 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 14, 193808:39
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 22, 193812:36

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Thursday, May 19, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1938 to the new moon of May 29, 1938, a cycle of 29.36 days.