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The Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 62.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

7.9days

Moon phase on May 18, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 May 1937392,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 18, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.5% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
392,070 km243,621 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1937 is on Tuesday, May 25, 1937 at 07:38 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 10, 1937 at 13:18 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 17, 193706:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 25, 193707:38

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Tuesday, May 18, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1937 to the new moon of June 8, 1937, a cycle of 29.31 days.