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The Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on October 18, 1916Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 October 1916403,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 18, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.3% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
403,833 km250,930 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1916 is on Wednesday, October 11, 1916 at 07:01 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 26, 1916 at 20:37 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 11, 191607:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 19, 191601:08

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Wednesday, October 18, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 1916 to the new moon of October 26, 1916, a cycle of 29.54 days.