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The Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1963: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on May 18, 1963Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 May 1963369,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 18, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.1% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
369,093 km229,343 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1963 is on Wednesday, May 8, 1963 at 17:23 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 23, 1963 at 04:00 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 16, 196313:36
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 23, 196304:00

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Saturday, May 18, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1963 to the new moon of May 23, 1963, a cycle of 29.31 days.