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The Moon on Thursday, May 19, 1960: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on May 19, 1960Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 May 1960383,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 19, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.4% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
383,873 km238,527 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 17, 196019:54
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 25, 196012:26

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Thursday, May 19, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1960 to the new moon of May 25, 1960, a cycle of 29.61 days.