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The Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1982: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on May 18, 1982Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 May 1982381,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 18, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.4% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
381,694 km237,173 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1982 is on Saturday, May 8, 1982 at 00:45 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 23, 1982 at 04:40 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 16, 198205:11
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 23, 198204:40

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Tuesday, May 18, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1982 to the new moon of May 23, 1982, a cycle of 29.34 days.