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The Moon on Friday, May 18, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on May 18, 1934Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 May 1934404,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 18, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.0% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
404,799 km251,530 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1934 is on Monday, May 28, 1934 at 21:41 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 13, 1934 at 12:30 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 13, 193412:30
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 21, 193415:20

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Friday, May 18, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1934 to the new moon of June 12, 1934, a cycle of 29.57 days.