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The Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1990: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on May 19, 1990Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 May 1990374,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 19, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.3% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
374,089 km232,448 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 17, 199019:45
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 24, 199011:47

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Saturday, May 19, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1990 to the new moon of May 24, 1990, a cycle of 29.31 days.