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The Moon on Friday, May 18, 2029: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on May 18, 2029Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 May 2029386,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 18, 2029, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
386,078 km239,898 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2029 is on Sunday, May 27, 2029 at 18:38 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 13, 2029 at 13:42 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 13, 202913:42
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 21, 202904:16

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Friday, May 18, 2029 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 2029 to the new moon of June 12, 2029, a cycle of 29.59 days.