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The Moon on Friday, May 18, 2068: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on May 18, 2068Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 May 2068384,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 18, 2068, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
384,214 km238,740 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2068 is on Thursday, May 17, 2068 at 05:35 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 31, 2068 at 04:03 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 17, 206805:35
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 24, 206808:00

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Friday, May 18, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2068 to the new moon of May 31, 2068, a cycle of 29.41 days.