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The Moon on Sunday, June 18, 1944: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on June 18, 1944Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 June 1944379,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 18, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
379,799 km235,996 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1944 is on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 at 18:58 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 20, 1944 at 17:00 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 13, 194415:56
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 20, 194417:00

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Sunday, June 18, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 1944 to the new moon of June 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.45 days.