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The Moon on Thursday, July 6, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on July 6, 1916Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 July 1916395,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 6, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.2% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
395,450 km245,721 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1916 is on Saturday, July 15, 1916 at 04:40 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 30, 1916 at 10:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 30, 191610:43
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 8, 191611:55

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Thursday, July 6, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1916 to the new moon of July 30, 1916, a cycle of 29.65 days.