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The Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1960: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on May 18, 1960Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 May 1960379,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 18, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
379,252 km235,656 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 17, 196019:54
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 25, 196012:26

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Wednesday, May 18, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1960 to the new moon of May 25, 1960, a cycle of 29.61 days.