Waning · 78.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°
Moon age
18.6days
Moon phase on May 23, 2019Waning Gibbous
On Thursday, May 23, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
398,469 km247,597 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02 UTC, 11 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Saturday, May 18, 2019 | 21:11 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, May 26, 2019 | 16:34 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Thursday, May 23, 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.