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The Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on May 19, 1991Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 May 1991370,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 19, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.4% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
370,424 km230,171 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1991 is on Tuesday, May 28, 1991 at 11:37 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 14, 1991 at 04:36 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 14, 199104:36
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 20, 199119:46

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Sunday, May 19, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1991 to the new moon of June 12, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.