Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°
Moon age
0.6days
Moon phase on May 5, 2019Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, May 5, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
386,198 km239,972 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 5, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 22:46 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, May 4, 2019 | 22:46 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, May 12, 2019 | 01:12 |
The Moon around May 5
More about this date
Sunday, May 5, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2019 to the new moon of June 3, 2019, a cycle of 29.47 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2019, or the whole moon calendar 2019.
- The same date one year apart: 2018 · 2020.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.