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The Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on May 19, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 19 May 1959363,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 19, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
363,749 km226,023 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1959 is on Friday, May 22, 1959 at 12:56 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 1959 at 20:12 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 15, 195920:09
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 22, 195912:56

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Tuesday, May 19, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1959 to the new moon of June 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.