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The Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on May 19, 1954Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 May 1954399,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 19, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
399,329 km248,132 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 1, 1954 at 04:03 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 17, 195421:47
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 25, 195413:49

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Wednesday, May 19, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1954 to the new moon of June 1, 1954, a cycle of 29.32 days.