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The Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on May 18, 1991Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 May 1991366,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 18, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.8% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
366,360 km227,646 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1991 is on Tuesday, May 28, 1991 at 11:37 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 14, 1991 at 04:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 14, 199104:36
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 20, 199119:46

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Saturday, May 18, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1991 to the new moon of June 12, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.