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The Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on May 19, 2011Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 May 2011373,836 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 19, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
373,836 km232,291 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 17, 201111:09
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 24, 201118:52

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Thursday, May 19, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.