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The Moon on Friday, May 24, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 2019Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 May 2019401,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 24, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
401,471 km249,462 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Friday, May 24, 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.