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The Moon on Saturday, May 19, 2001: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on May 19, 2001Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 May 2001392,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 19, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
392,724 km244,027 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2001 is on Monday, May 7, 2001 at 13:53 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 02:46 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 15, 200110:11
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 23, 200102:46

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Saturday, May 19, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2001 to the new moon of May 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.47 days.