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The Moon on Friday, May 7, 1999: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on May 7, 1999Waning Gibbous

Friday 7 May 1999394,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 7, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.4% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
394,486 km245,122 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Friday, May 7, 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.