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The Moon on Monday, May 18, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on May 18, 1931Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 May 1931388,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 18, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
388,737 km241,550 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1931 is on Sunday, May 31, 1931 at 14:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 17, 193115:28
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 24, 193119:39

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Monday, May 18, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1931 to the new moon of June 16, 1931, a cycle of 29.48 days.