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11 November 1918 First Quarter, 45% lit

The Armistice

The guns stopped at 11am on 11 November 1918, with a half-lit moon that had been up since before dawn.

The armistice was signed at 5:45am and timed to take effect five and a half hours later, a delay that cost around 2,700 lives on the last morning.

Date
11 November 1918
Moon computed for
05:00 local time, UTC
Phase
First Quarter
Illuminated
45%

Source: Imperial War Museum

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