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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2059: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on May 18, 2059Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 May 2059402,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
402,285 km249,968 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2059 is on Tuesday, May 27, 2059 at 08:04 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 2059 at 19:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 11, 205919:15
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 19, 205910:23

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 2059 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2059 to the new moon of June 10, 2059, a cycle of 29.45 days.