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The Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 2009: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on May 19, 2009Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 May 2009388,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 19, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
388,557 km241,438 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 17, 200907:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 24, 200912:11

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 2009 to the new moon of May 24, 2009, a cycle of 29.37 days.