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The Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on May 18, 2002Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 May 2002376,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 18, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
376,074 km233,681 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2002 is on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:51 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 12, 200210:45
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 19, 200219:42

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Saturday, May 18, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 2002 to the new moon of June 10, 2002, a cycle of 29.54 days.