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The Moon on Thursday, May 19, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on May 19, 1988Waxing Crescent

Thursday 19 May 1988394,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 19, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.8% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
394,554 km245,165 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1988 is on Tuesday, May 31, 1988 at 10:54 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1988 at 22:11 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 15, 198822:11
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 23, 198816:49

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Thursday, May 19, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1988 to the new moon of June 14, 1988, a cycle of 29.46 days.