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The Moon on Monday, May 18, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on May 18, 1942Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 May 1942405,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 18, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
405,992 km252,272 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1942 is on Saturday, May 30, 1942 at 05:29 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 15, 194205:45
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 23, 194209:11

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Monday, May 18, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1942 to the new moon of June 13, 1942, a cycle of 29.64 days.