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The Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1944: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on May 18, 1944Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 May 1944368,430 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 18, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
368,430 km228,932 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1944 is on Monday, May 8, 1944 at 07:28 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 22, 1944 at 06:13 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 15, 194411:12
New Moon (after)Monday, May 22, 194406:13

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Thursday, May 18, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1944 to the new moon of May 22, 1944, a cycle of 29.40 days.