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The Moon on Monday, May 18, 2020: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on May 18, 2020Waning Crescent

Monday 18 May 2020405,556 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 18, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
405,556 km252,001 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 14, 202014:03
New Moon (after)Friday, May 22, 202017:39

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Monday, May 18, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2020 to the new moon of May 22, 2020, a cycle of 29.63 days.