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The Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on April 18, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 April 1940364,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 18, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
364,125 km226,257 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1940 is on Monday, April 22, 1940 at 04:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 7, 1940 at 20:19 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 15, 194013:46
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 22, 194004:37

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Thursday, April 18, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 1940 to the new moon of May 7, 1940, a cycle of 29.66 days.