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The Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 2044: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on May 18, 2044Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 May 2044401,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 18, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 66.2% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
401,037 km249,193 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2044 is on Thursday, May 12, 2044 at 00:17 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 2044 at 03:39 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 12, 204400:17
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 20, 204404:02

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Wednesday, May 18, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 2044 to the new moon of May 27, 2044, a cycle of 29.33 days.