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The Moon on Monday, May 20, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on May 20, 2019Waning Gibbous

Monday 20 May 2019385,720 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 20, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
385,720 km239,675 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 18, 201921:11
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 26, 201916:34

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Monday, May 20, 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.