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The Moon on Friday, May 14, 1999: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 14, 1999Waning Crescent

Friday 14 May 1999358,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 14, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
358,332 km222,657 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Friday, May 14, 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.