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The Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2073: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on May 18, 2073Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 May 2073362,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 18, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
362,944 km225,523 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2073 is on Sunday, May 21, 2073 at 10:02 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 2073 at 06:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 14, 207318:59
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 21, 207310:02

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Thursday, May 18, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 2073 to the new moon of June 5, 2073, a cycle of 29.57 days.