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The Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on October 18, 1944Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 October 1944401,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 18, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
401,085 km249,222 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1944 is on Tuesday, October 31, 1944 at 13:35 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 17, 194405:35
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 24, 194422:48

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Wednesday, October 18, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 17, 1944 to the new moon of November 15, 1944, a cycle of 29.70 days.