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The Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1995: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on May 18, 1995Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 May 1995364,990 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 18, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
364,990 km226,794 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1995 is on Sunday, May 14, 1995 at 20:48 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 29, 1995 at 09:27 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 14, 199520:48
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 21, 199511:36

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Thursday, May 18, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1995 to the new moon of May 29, 1995, a cycle of 29.66 days.