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The Moon on Monday, May 19, 1952: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on May 19, 1952Waning Crescent

Monday 19 May 1952377,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 19, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
377,808 km234,759 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 16, 195214:39
New Moon (after)Friday, May 23, 195219:28

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Monday, May 19, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 1952 to the new moon of May 23, 1952, a cycle of 29.50 days.