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The Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1998: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Last Quarter at

04:35UTC

Moon phase on May 19, 1998Last Quarter

Tuesday 19 May 1998373,612 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 19, 1998, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
373,612 km232,152 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 11, 199814:30
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 19, 199804:35
New Moon (after)Monday, May 25, 199819:32

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Tuesday, May 19, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1998 to the new moon of May 25, 1998, a cycle of 29.33 days.