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The Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on April 18, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 April 1943388,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 18, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
388,012 km241,099 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1943 is on Tuesday, April 20, 1943 at 11:11 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 4, 1943 at 21:53 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 12, 194315:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 20, 194311:11

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Sunday, April 18, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1943 to the new moon of May 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.49 days.