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The Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1999: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 4, 1999Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 4 May 1999404,278 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 4, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
404,278 km251,207 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 30, 199914:55
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 8, 199917:29

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Tuesday, May 4, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1999 to the new moon of May 15, 1999, a cycle of 29.32 days.