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The Moon on Saturday, May 19, 2012: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on May 19, 2012Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 May 2012406,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 19, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
406,427 km252,542 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 12, 201221:47
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 20, 201223:47

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Saturday, May 19, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2012 to the new moon of May 20, 2012, a cycle of 29.69 days.