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The Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1999: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on May 12, 1999Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 May 1999365,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 12, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
365,928 km227,377 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 8, 199917:29
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 15, 199912:05

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Wednesday, May 12, 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.