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The Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2052: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on May 18, 2052Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 May 2052398,708 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 18, 2052, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
398,708 km247,746 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2052 is on Monday, May 13, 2052 at 19:00 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 28, 2052 at 10:50 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 13, 205219:00
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 21, 205218:15

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Saturday, May 18, 2052 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2052 to the new moon of May 28, 2052, a cycle of 29.31 days.