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The Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on May 18, 2017Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 May 2017391,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 18, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
391,855 km243,487 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 10, 201721:43
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 19, 201700:33

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Thursday, May 18, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2017 to the new moon of May 25, 2017, a cycle of 29.31 days.