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The Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1977: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

New Moon at

02:52UTC

Moon phase on May 18, 1977New Moon

Wednesday 18 May 1977406,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 18, 1977, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 0.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
0.4 dMoon age
406,509 km252,593 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1977 is on Wednesday, June 1, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 02:52 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 10, 197704:08
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, May 18, 197702:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 26, 197703:20

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Wednesday, May 18, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1977 to the new moon of June 16, 1977, a cycle of 29.65 days.