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The Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1901: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

New Moon at

05:38UTC

Moon phase on May 18, 1901New Moon

Saturday 18 May 1901360,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 18, 1901, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
360,099 km223,755 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1901 is on Friday, May 3, 1901 at 18:19 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 18, 1901 at 05:38 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 11, 190114:38
New Moon (this day)Saturday, May 18, 190105:38
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 25, 190105:40

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Saturday, May 18, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1901 to the new moon of June 16, 1901, a cycle of 29.33 days.