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The Moon on Friday, July 5, 1918: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on July 5, 1918Waning Crescent

Friday 5 July 1918375,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 5, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
375,101 km233,077 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1918 is on Monday, June 24, 1918 at 10:38 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 8, 1918 at 08:22 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 1, 191808:43
New Moon (after)Monday, July 8, 191808:22

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Friday, July 5, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 8, 1918 to the new moon of July 8, 1918, a cycle of 29.43 days.