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The Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on May 19, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 May 1951364,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 19, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
364,781 km226,664 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 14, 195105:32
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 21, 195105:45

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Saturday, May 19, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1951 to the new moon of June 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.