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The Moon on Monday, May 18, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on May 18, 1987Waning Gibbous

Monday 18 May 1987367,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 18, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.8% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
367,471 km228,336 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1987 is on Wednesday, May 13, 1987 at 12:50 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 27, 1987 at 15:14 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 13, 198712:50
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 20, 198704:02

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Monday, May 18, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1987 to the new moon of May 27, 1987, a cycle of 29.57 days.