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The Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on December 18, 1943Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 December 1943403,982 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 18, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.7% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
403,982 km251,023 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1943 is on Saturday, December 11, 1943 at 16:25 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 1943 at 03:50 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 11, 194316:25
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 19, 194320:04

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Saturday, December 18, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 1943 to the new moon of December 27, 1943, a cycle of 29.52 days.