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The Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on July 18, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 July 1945403,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 18, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.5% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
403,536 km250,746 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1945 is on Wednesday, July 25, 1945 at 02:26 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 9, 1945 at 13:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 17, 194507:01
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 25, 194502:26

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Wednesday, July 18, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 1945 to the new moon of August 8, 1945, a cycle of 29.46 days.