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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on May 18, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 May 1986380,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.2% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
380,802 km236,619 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 17, 198601:00
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 23, 198620:45

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 1986 to the new moon of June 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.66 days.