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The Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1968: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Last Quarter at

05:44UTC

Moon phase on May 19, 1968Last Quarter

Sunday 19 May 1968387,057 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 19, 1968, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.4% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
387,057 km240,506 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 07:30 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 12, 196813:05
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 19, 196805:44
New Moon (after)Monday, May 27, 196807:30

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Sunday, May 19, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 1968 to the new moon of May 27, 1968, a cycle of 29.67 days.