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The Moon on Friday, May 19, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on May 19, 1972Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 May 1972388,200 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 19, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.5% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
388,200 km241,216 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1972 is on Sunday, May 28, 1972 at 04:28 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 13, 1972 at 04:08 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 13, 197204:08
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 20, 197201:17

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Friday, May 19, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1972 to the new moon of June 11, 1972, a cycle of 29.31 days.