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The Moon on Monday, May 18, 1964: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

First Quarter at

12:42UTC

Moon phase on May 18, 1964First Quarter

Monday 18 May 1964380,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 18, 1964, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
380,586 km236,485 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1964 is on Tuesday, May 26, 1964 at 09:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 11, 1964 at 21:02 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 11, 196421:02
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 18, 196412:42
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 26, 196409:29

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Monday, May 18, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1964 to the new moon of June 10, 1964, a cycle of 29.31 days.