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The Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on May 18, 1957Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 May 1957398,053 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 18, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
398,053 km247,339 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at 11:39 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 13, 195722:34
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 21, 195717:03

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Saturday, May 18, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1957 to the new moon of May 29, 1957, a cycle of 29.49 days.