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The Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on May 19, 1957Waning Gibbous

Sunday 19 May 1957401,208 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 19, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.6% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
401,208 km249,299 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at 11:39 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 13, 195722:34
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 21, 195717:03

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Sunday, May 19, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1957 to the new moon of May 29, 1957, a cycle of 29.49 days.