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The Moon on Monday, July 16, 1928: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on July 16, 1928Waning Crescent

Monday 16 July 1928366,614 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 16, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
366,614 km227,803 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1928 is on Tuesday, July 3, 1928 at 02:49 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 17, 1928 at 04:35 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 10, 192812:16
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 17, 192804:35

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Monday, July 16, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 17, 1928 to the new moon of July 17, 1928, a cycle of 29.33 days.