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The Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2079: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on May 18, 2079Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 May 2079405,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 18, 2079, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
405,891 km252,209 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2079 is on Monday, May 15, 2079 at 20:58 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 30, 2079 at 18:41 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 15, 207920:58
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 23, 207923:15

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Thursday, May 18, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2079 to the new moon of May 30, 2079, a cycle of 29.32 days.