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The Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1937: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on December 18, 1937Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 December 1937357,537 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 18, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
357,537 km222,163 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 17, 193718:52
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 24, 193714:20

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Saturday, December 18, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 2, 1937 to the new moon of January 1, 1938, a cycle of 29.82 days.