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The Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1966: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on May 18, 1966Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 May 1966391,835 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 18, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
391,835 km243,475 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 12, 196611:19
New Moon (after)Friday, May 20, 196609:42

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Wednesday, May 18, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1966 to the new moon of May 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.55 days.