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The Moon on Friday, May 18, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on May 18, 2040Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 May 2040401,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 18, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
401,635 km249,564 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2040 is on Saturday, May 26, 2040 at 11:47 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 11, 204003:28
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 19, 204007:01

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Friday, May 18, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2040 to the new moon of June 9, 2040, a cycle of 29.61 days.