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The Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on May 19, 1996Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 May 1996400,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 19, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
400,210 km248,679 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 17, 199611:46
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 25, 199614:13

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Sunday, May 19, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1996 to the new moon of June 16, 1996, a cycle of 29.58 days.