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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2081: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on May 18, 2081Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 May 2081369,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 2081, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 77.6% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
369,520 km229,609 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2081 is on Thursday, May 22, 2081 at 20:26 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 2081 at 22:09 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 15, 208123:21
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 22, 208120:26

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2081 to the new moon of June 7, 2081, a cycle of 29.45 days.