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The Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on May 19, 1999Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 May 1999369,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 19, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
369,828 km229,800 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1999 is on Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 06:40 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 15, 199912:05
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 22, 199905:34

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Wednesday, May 19, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1999 to the new moon of June 13, 1999, a cycle of 29.29 days.