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The Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 18, 1938Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 May 1938405,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 18, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
405,415 km251,913 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1938 is on Saturday, May 14, 1938 at 08:39 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 14, 193808:39
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 22, 193812:36

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Wednesday, May 18, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1938 to the new moon of May 29, 1938, a cycle of 29.36 days.