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The Moon on Friday, May 18, 1990: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 18, 1990Waning Crescent

Friday 18 May 1990379,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 18, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
379,952 km236,091 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 17, 199019:45
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 24, 199011:47

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Friday, May 18, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1990 to the new moon of May 24, 1990, a cycle of 29.31 days.