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The Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on May 19, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 19 May 2005390,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 19, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
390,232 km242,479 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 16, 200508:57
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 23, 200520:18

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Thursday, May 19, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2005 to the new moon of June 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.55 days.