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The Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1909: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 18, 1909Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 May 1909366,433 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 18, 1909, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
366,433 km227,691 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1909 is on Wednesday, May 5, 1909 at 12:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 1909 at 13:42 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 12, 190921:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 19, 190913:42

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Tuesday, May 18, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1909 to the new moon of May 19, 1909, a cycle of 29.37 days.