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The Moon on Monday, April 18, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on April 18, 1938Waning Gibbous

Monday 18 April 1938401,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 18, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
401,903 km249,731 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1938 is on Thursday, April 14, 1938 at 18:21 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 1938 at 05:28 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 14, 193818:21
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 22, 193820:14

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Monday, April 18, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 31, 1938 to the new moon of April 30, 1938, a cycle of 29.44 days.