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The Moon on Sunday, May 19, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on May 19, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 May 2024403,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 19, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
403,011 km250,419 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 03:22 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 15, 202411:48
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 23, 202413:53

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Sunday, May 19, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2024 to the new moon of June 6, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.