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The Moon on Monday, May 18, 2009: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on May 18, 2009Waning Crescent

Monday 18 May 2009393,824 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 18, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
393,824 km244,711 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 17, 200907:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 24, 200912:11

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Monday, May 18, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 2009 to the new moon of May 24, 2009, a cycle of 29.37 days.