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The Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on May 18, 1996Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 May 1996397,251 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 18, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
397,251 km246,840 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 17, 199611:46
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 25, 199614:13

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Saturday, May 18, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1996 to the new moon of June 16, 1996, a cycle of 29.58 days.