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The Moon on Friday, May 19, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on May 19, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Friday 19 May 1978377,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 19, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
377,158 km234,355 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1978 is on Monday, May 22, 1978 at 13:17 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 1978 at 04:47 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 15, 197807:40
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 22, 197813:17

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Friday, May 19, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1978 to the new moon of June 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.59 days.