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The Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on May 18, 2011Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 May 2011368,996 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
368,996 km229,283 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 17, 201111:09
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 24, 201118:52

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.