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The Moon on Friday, May 19, 1944: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on May 19, 1944Waning Crescent

Friday 19 May 1944369,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 19, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
369,366 km229,513 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1944 is on Monday, May 8, 1944 at 07:28 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 22, 1944 at 06:13 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 15, 194411:12
New Moon (after)Monday, May 22, 194406:13

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Friday, May 19, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1944 to the new moon of May 22, 1944, a cycle of 29.40 days.