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The Moon on Friday, May 18, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on May 18, 1984Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 May 1984387,059 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 18, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
387,059 km240,507 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1984 is on Tuesday, May 15, 1984 at 04:29 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 30, 1984 at 16:48 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 15, 198404:29
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 22, 198417:45

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Friday, May 18, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 30, 1984, a cycle of 29.54 days.