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The Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1955: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on May 18, 1955Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 May 1955369,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 18, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
369,055 km229,320 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 15, 195501:42
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 21, 195520:59

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Wednesday, May 18, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1955 to the new moon of May 21, 1955, a cycle of 29.33 days.