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The Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1974: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on May 18, 1974Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 May 1974385,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 18, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.5% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
385,530 km239,557 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1974 is on Monday, May 6, 1974 at 08:55 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 21, 1974 at 20:34 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 14, 197409:29
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 21, 197420:34

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Saturday, May 18, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1974 to the new moon of May 21, 1974, a cycle of 29.43 days.