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The Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on May 18, 2010Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 May 2010370,695 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
370,695 km230,339 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2010 is on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 23:07 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 01:05 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 14, 201001:05
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 20, 201023:43

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 2010 to the new moon of June 12, 2010, a cycle of 29.42 days.