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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 August 1937397,761 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
397,761 km247,157 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1937 is on Sunday, August 22, 1937 at 00:47 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 6, 1937 at 12:37 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 14, 193702:28
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 22, 193700:47

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1937 to the new moon of September 4, 1937, a cycle of 29.43 days.