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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1958: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

New Moon at

19:01UTC

Moon phase on May 18, 1958New Moon

Sunday 18 May 1958398,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 1958, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
398,942 km247,891 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1958 is on Sunday, June 1, 1958 at 20:55 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 10, 195814:38
New Moon (this day)Sunday, May 18, 195819:01
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 26, 195804:38

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 19, 1958 to the new moon of May 18, 1958, a cycle of 29.65 days.