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The Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on July 18, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 July 1940387,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 18, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
387,100 km240,533 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1940 is on Friday, July 19, 1940 at 09:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 1940 at 11:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 12, 194006:35
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 19, 194009:55

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Thursday, July 18, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1940 to the new moon of August 3, 1940, a cycle of 29.36 days.