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The Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on May 19, 2015Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 19 May 2015377,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 19, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
377,487 km234,559 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2015 is on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:19 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 18, 201504:13
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 25, 201517:19

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2015 to the new moon of June 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.