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The Moon on Monday, May 18, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on May 18, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 May 1970388,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 18, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
388,096 km241,152 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 at 14:51 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 13, 197010:26
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 21, 197003:38

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Monday, May 18, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1970 to the new moon of June 4, 1970, a cycle of 29.48 days.