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The Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on October 18, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 October 1942373,830 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 18, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.2% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
373,830 km232,287 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1942 is on Saturday, October 24, 1942 at 04:05 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 1942 at 04:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 16, 194222:58
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 24, 194204:05

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Sunday, October 18, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 10, 1942 to the new moon of November 8, 1942, a cycle of 29.47 days.