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The Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on May 29, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 May 1999406,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 29, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
406,379 km252,512 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1999 is on Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 06:40 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 22, 199905:34
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 30, 199906:40

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Saturday, May 29, 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.