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The Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 1940Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 December 1940380,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 18, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
380,488 km236,424 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1940 is on Saturday, December 14, 1940 at 19:38 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 28, 1940 at 20:56 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 14, 194019:38
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 22, 194001:45

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Wednesday, December 18, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 1940 to the new moon of December 28, 1940, a cycle of 29.51 days.