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The Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on May 11, 1918Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 May 1918368,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 11, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
368,075 km228,711 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1918 is on Saturday, May 25, 1918 at 22:32 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 1918 at 13:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 10, 191813:01
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 17, 191820:14

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Saturday, May 11, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1918 to the new moon of June 8, 1918, a cycle of 29.38 days.