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