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The Moon on Friday, May 18, 1928: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 18, 1928Waning Crescent

Friday 18 May 1928357,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 18, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
357,935 km222,410 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1928 is on Friday, May 4, 1928 at 20:12 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 12, 192820:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 19, 192813:14

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Friday, May 18, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1928 to the new moon of May 19, 1928, a cycle of 29.33 days.