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The Moon on Saturday, May 11, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on May 11, 2019Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 May 2019370,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 11, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
370,698 km230,341 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 22:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 4, 201922:46
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 12, 201901:12

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Saturday, May 11, 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.