Waning · 99.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°
Full Moon at
00:04UTC
Moon phase on May 19, 1981Full Moon
On Tuesday, May 19, 1981, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
405,349 km251,872 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Flower Moon, 405,847 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 19, 1981 is on Tuesday, May 19, 1981 at 00:04 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 11:32 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, May 10, 1981 | 22:22 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Tuesday, May 19, 1981 | 00:04 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, May 26, 1981 | 21:00 |
The Moon around May 19
More about this date
Tuesday, May 19, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1981 to the new moon of June 2, 1981, a cycle of 29.30 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1981, or the whole moon calendar 1981.
- The same date one year apart: 1980 · 1982.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.