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The Moon on Monday, May 19, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on May 19, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 May 2008405,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 19, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
405,984 km252,267 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 12, 200803:47
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 20, 200802:12

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Monday, May 19, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.