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The Moon on Friday, May 18, 1906: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on May 18, 1906Waning Crescent

Friday 18 May 1906400,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 18, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.1% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
400,110 km248,617 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1906 is on Tuesday, May 8, 1906 at 14:10 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 1906 at 08:01 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 15, 190607:03
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 23, 190608:01

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Friday, May 18, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1906 to the new moon of May 23, 1906, a cycle of 29.66 days.