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The Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 1982: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on May 19, 1982Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 May 1982375,553 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 19, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.2% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
375,553 km233,358 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1982 is on Saturday, May 8, 1982 at 00:45 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 23, 1982 at 04:40 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 16, 198205:11
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 23, 198204:40

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Wednesday, May 19, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1982 to the new moon of May 23, 1982, a cycle of 29.34 days.