Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on May 19, 2022Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 May 2022362,996 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 19, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.5% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
362,996 km225,555 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 16, 202204:14
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 22, 202218:43

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Thursday, May 19, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2022 to the new moon of May 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.