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The Moon on Friday, May 19, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on May 19, 1950Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 May 1950402,237 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 19, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
402,237 km249,938 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1950 is on Wednesday, May 31, 1950 at 12:43 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 17, 1950 at 00:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 17, 195000:55
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 24, 195021:28

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Friday, May 19, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1950 to the new moon of June 15, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.