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The Moon on Friday, May 19, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on May 19, 1961Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 May 1961402,576 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 19, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.7% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
402,576 km250,149 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 14, 196116:54
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 22, 196116:19

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Friday, May 19, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1961 to the new moon of June 13, 1961, a cycle of 29.52 days.