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The Moon on Monday, May 18, 1936: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on May 18, 1936Waning Crescent

Monday 18 May 1936361,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 18, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
361,651 km224,720 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 20, 1936 at 20:34 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 14, 193606:12
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 20, 193620:34

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Monday, May 18, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1936 to the new moon of May 20, 1936, a cycle of 29.33 days.