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The Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on May 18, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 May 1940364,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 18, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.5% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
364,828 km226,694 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1940 is on Tuesday, May 21, 1940 at 13:33 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 7, 1940 at 12:07 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 14, 194020:51
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 21, 194013:33

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Saturday, May 18, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1940 to the new moon of June 6, 1940, a cycle of 29.54 days.