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The Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1979: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on May 19, 1979Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 May 1979370,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 19, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.4% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
370,051 km229,939 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1979 is on Saturday, May 12, 1979 at 02:01 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 26, 1979 at 00:01 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 18, 197923:57
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 26, 197900:01

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Saturday, May 19, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1979 to the new moon of May 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.45 days.