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The Moon on Friday, March 18, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on March 18, 1938Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 March 1938388,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 18, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
388,711 km241,534 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1938 is on Wednesday, March 16, 1938 at 05:15 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 31, 1938 at 18:52 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 16, 193805:15
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 24, 193801:06

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Friday, March 18, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 2, 1938 to the new moon of March 31, 1938, a cycle of 29.55 days.