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The Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 1918: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on June 5, 1918Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 June 1918366,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 5, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
366,917 km227,991 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1918 is on Saturday, May 25, 1918 at 22:32 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 1918 at 22:02 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, June 2, 191804:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 8, 191822:02

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Wednesday, June 5, 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.