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The Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on May 18, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 May 1943375,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 18, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
375,155 km233,110 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1943 is on Wednesday, May 19, 1943 at 21:13 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 1943 at 09:43 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 12, 194309:53
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 19, 194321:13

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Tuesday, May 18, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1943 to the new moon of June 2, 1943, a cycle of 29.53 days.