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The Moon on Monday, May 18, 2043: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on May 18, 2043Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 May 2043399,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 18, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 75.2% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
399,410 km248,182 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2043 is on Saturday, May 23, 2043 at 23:37 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 9, 2043 at 03:21 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 15, 204321:05
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 23, 204323:37

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Monday, May 18, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 2043 to the new moon of June 7, 2043, a cycle of 29.30 days.