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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2031: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on May 18, 2031Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 May 2031391,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 2031, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
391,668 km243,371 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2031 is on Wednesday, May 7, 2031 at 03:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 21, 2031 at 07:17 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 13, 203119:07
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 21, 203107:17

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2031 to the new moon of May 21, 2031, a cycle of 29.60 days.