Waxing · 52.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°
First Quarter at
05:34UTC
Moon phase on May 22, 1999First Quarter
On Saturday, May 22, 1999, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.9% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
52.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
387,516 km240,791 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 22, 1999 is on Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 06:40 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, May 15, 1999 | 12:05 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, May 22, 1999 | 05:34 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, May 30, 1999 | 06:40 |
The Moon around May 22
More about this date
Saturday, May 22, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1999, or the whole moon calendar 1999.
- The same date one year apart: 1998 · 2000.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.