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18 June 1815 Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waterloo

The armies at Waterloo spent the night before the battle soaked to the skin under a 91% moon they mostly could not see.

The downpour turned the fields to mud, which delayed Napoleon's attack by hours while he waited for the ground to dry enough to move artillery. Those hours were roughly the margin by which the Prussians arrived in time.

Date
18 June 1815
Moon computed for
11:00 local time, UTC+0:17
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
Illuminated
89%

Source: National Army Museum

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