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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1952: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on May 18, 1952Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 May 1952375,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.4% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
375,050 km233,045 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 16, 195214:39
New Moon (after)Friday, May 23, 195219:28

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 1952 to the new moon of May 23, 1952, a cycle of 29.50 days.