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The Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on May 19, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 May 1956381,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 19, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.3% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
381,035 km236,764 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1956 is on Thursday, May 24, 1956 at 15:26 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 10, 1956 at 13:04 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 17, 195605:15
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 24, 195615:26

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Saturday, May 19, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1956 to the new moon of June 8, 1956, a cycle of 29.35 days.