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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1941: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Last Quarter at

01:17UTC

Moon phase on May 18, 1941Last Quarter

Sunday 18 May 1941393,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 1941, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.6% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
393,130 km244,280 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1941 is on Sunday, May 11, 1941 at 05:15 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 26, 1941 at 05:19 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 11, 194105:15
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 18, 194101:17
New Moon (after)Monday, May 26, 194105:19

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1941 to the new moon of May 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.66 days.