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The Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on May 18, 1999Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 May 1999364,558 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 18, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.1% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
364,558 km226,526 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1999 is on Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 06:40 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 15, 199912:05
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 22, 199905:34

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Tuesday, May 18, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1999 to the new moon of June 13, 1999, a cycle of 29.29 days.