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The Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on December 18, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 December 1945361,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 18, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
361,431 km224,582 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1945 is on Wednesday, December 19, 1945 at 02:17 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 4, 1945 at 18:07 UTC, 14 days earlier.

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Tuesday, December 18, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 1945 to the new moon of January 3, 1946, a cycle of 29.77 days.