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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1975: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

First Quarter at

10:29UTC

Moon phase on May 18, 1975First Quarter

Sunday 18 May 1975370,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 1975, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.8% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
370,110 km229,975 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 1975 at 07:05 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 11, 197507:05
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 18, 197510:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 25, 197505:51

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1975 to the new moon of June 9, 1975, a cycle of 29.49 days.