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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1947: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on May 18, 1947Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 May 1947372,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
372,336 km231,359 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 13, 194708:08
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 20, 194713:44

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1947 to the new moon of May 20, 1947, a cycle of 29.39 days.