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The Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1944: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on July 18, 1944Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 July 1944391,766 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 18, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
391,766 km243,432 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1944 is on Thursday, July 6, 1944 at 04:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 20, 1944 at 05:43 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 12, 194420:39
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 20, 194405:43

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Tuesday, July 18, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1944 to the new moon of July 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.53 days.