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The Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on March 18, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 March 1943401,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 18, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
401,608 km249,548 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1943 is on Sunday, March 21, 1943 at 22:08 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 13, 194319:30
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 21, 194322:08

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Thursday, March 18, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1943 to the new moon of April 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.47 days.