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The Moon on Monday, May 18, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on May 18, 2048Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 May 2048400,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 18, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 26.1% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
400,193 km248,668 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2048 is on Wednesday, May 27, 2048 at 18:57 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 12, 2048 at 20:58 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 12, 204820:58
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 21, 204800:16

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Monday, May 18, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 2048 to the new moon of June 11, 2048, a cycle of 29.66 days.