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The Moon on Monday, August 18, 1941: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on August 18, 1941Waning Crescent

Monday 18 August 1941395,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 18, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.3% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
395,818 km245,950 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1941 is on Thursday, August 7, 1941 at 05:38 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 22, 1941 at 18:34 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 15, 194101:40
New Moon (after)Friday, August 22, 194118:34

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Monday, August 18, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1941 to the new moon of August 22, 1941, a cycle of 29.45 days.