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The Moon on Friday, May 19, 2017: Last Quarter, 45% lit

Waning · 45.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Last Quarter at

00:33UTC

Moon phase on May 19, 2017Last Quarter

Friday 19 May 2017386,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 19, 2017, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.2% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
386,352 km240,068 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 10, 201721:43
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, May 19, 201700:33
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 25, 201719:45

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Friday, May 19, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2017 to the new moon of May 25, 2017, a cycle of 29.31 days.