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The Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on May 18, 1949Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 May 1949395,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 18, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.8% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
395,068 km245,484 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 12, 194912:51
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 19, 194919:22

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Wednesday, May 18, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1949 to the new moon of May 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.60 days.