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The Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on May 19, 1953Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 19 May 1953400,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 19, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.1% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
400,080 km248,598 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1953 is on Thursday, May 28, 1953 at 17:03 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 13, 1953 at 05:06 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 13, 195305:06
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 20, 195318:20

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Tuesday, May 19, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1953 to the new moon of June 11, 1953, a cycle of 29.41 days.