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The Moon on Monday, May 19, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on May 19, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 May 1986374,583 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 19, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.2% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
374,583 km232,755 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 17, 198601:00
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 23, 198620:45

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Monday, May 19, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 1986 to the new moon of June 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.66 days.