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The Moon on Friday, February 18, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on February 18, 1938Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 February 1938386,806 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 18, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
386,806 km240,350 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1938 is on Monday, February 14, 1938 at 17:14 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 1938 at 05:40 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 14, 193817:14
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 22, 193804:24

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Friday, February 18, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1938 to the new moon of March 2, 1938, a cycle of 29.67 days.