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The Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1933: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on May 18, 1933Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 May 1933390,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 18, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.1% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
390,373 km242,567 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1933 is on Tuesday, May 9, 1933 at 22:04 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 1933 at 10:07 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 16, 193312:50
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 24, 193310:07

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Thursday, May 18, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 1933 to the new moon of May 24, 1933, a cycle of 29.64 days.