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The Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on May 18, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 May 2024404,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 18, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.1% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
404,338 km251,244 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 03:22 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 15, 202411:48
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 23, 202413:53

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Saturday, May 18, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2024 to the new moon of June 6, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.