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The Moon on Friday, May 18, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on May 18, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 May 1951369,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 18, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
369,876 km229,830 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 14, 195105:32
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 21, 195105:45

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Friday, May 18, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1951 to the new moon of June 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.