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The Moon on Friday, October 18, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on October 18, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 October 1918358,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 18, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
358,099 km222,512 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1918 is on Saturday, October 19, 1918 at 21:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 1918 at 03:05 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 13, 191805:00
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 19, 191821:35

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Friday, October 18, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 1918 to the new moon of November 3, 1918, a cycle of 29.75 days.