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The Moon on Monday, May 6, 1918: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on May 6, 1918Waning Crescent

Monday 6 May 1918365,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 6, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
365,107 km226,867 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1918 is on Friday, April 26, 1918 at 08:05 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 1918 at 13:01 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 3, 191822:26
New Moon (after)Friday, May 10, 191813:01

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Monday, May 6, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1918 to the new moon of May 10, 1918, a cycle of 29.35 days.