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The Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on May 19, 1946Waning Gibbous

Sunday 19 May 1946403,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 19, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
403,601 km250,786 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 30, 1946 at 20:49 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 16, 194602:53
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 24, 194604:02

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Sunday, May 19, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1946 to the new moon of May 30, 1946, a cycle of 29.31 days.