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The Moon on Friday, May 18, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on May 18, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 May 1962395,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 18, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
395,329 km245,646 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1962 is on Saturday, May 19, 1962 at 14:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 11, 196212:44
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 19, 196214:32

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Friday, May 18, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1962 to the new moon of June 2, 1962, a cycle of 29.38 days.