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The Moon on Monday, May 18, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 18, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 May 1959368,790 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 18, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
368,790 km229,155 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1959 is on Friday, May 22, 1959 at 12:56 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 1959 at 20:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 15, 195920:09
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 22, 195912:56

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Monday, May 18, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1959 to the new moon of June 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.