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The Moon on Monday, May 19, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on May 19, 1969Waxing Crescent

Monday 19 May 1969405,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 19, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.2% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
405,489 km251,959 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1969 is on Saturday, May 31, 1969 at 13:18 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 16, 196908:26
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 24, 196912:15

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Monday, May 19, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 1969 to the new moon of June 14, 1969, a cycle of 29.61 days.