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The Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1941: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on October 18, 1941Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 October 1941367,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 18, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
367,072 km228,088 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1941 is on Sunday, October 5, 1941 at 08:32 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 20, 1941 at 14:20 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 13, 194112:52
New Moon (after)Monday, October 20, 194114:20

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Saturday, October 18, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 1941 to the new moon of October 20, 1941, a cycle of 29.40 days.