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The Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1999: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Last Quarter at

17:29UTC

Moon phase on May 8, 1999Last Quarter

Saturday 8 May 1999389,416 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 8, 1999, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.5% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
389,416 km241,972 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 30, 199914:55
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 8, 199917:29
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 15, 199912:05

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Saturday, May 8, 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.