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The Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1967: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on May 18, 1967Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 May 1967369,697 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 18, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
369,697 km229,719 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1967 is on Tuesday, May 23, 1967 at 20:22 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 9, 1967 at 14:56 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 17, 196705:18
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 23, 196720:22

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Thursday, May 18, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1967 to the new moon of June 8, 1967, a cycle of 29.60 days.