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The Moon on Thursday, May 19, 1966: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on May 19, 1966Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 May 1966387,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 19, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
387,691 km240,900 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 12, 196611:19
New Moon (after)Friday, May 20, 196609:42

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Thursday, May 19, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1966 to the new moon of May 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.55 days.