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The Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1985: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 18, 1985Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 May 1985405,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 18, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
405,192 km251,774 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 11, 198517:34
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 19, 198521:41

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Saturday, May 18, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1985 to the new moon of May 19, 1985, a cycle of 29.68 days.