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The Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1971: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 18, 1971Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 May 1971370,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 18, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
370,112 km229,977 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 17, 197120:15
New Moon (after)Monday, May 24, 197112:32

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Tuesday, May 18, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1971 to the new moon of May 24, 1971, a cycle of 29.35 days.