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The Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 2020: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on May 19, 2020Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 May 2020404,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 19, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
404,887 km251,585 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 14, 202014:03
New Moon (after)Friday, May 22, 202017:39

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2020 to the new moon of May 22, 2020, a cycle of 29.63 days.