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The Moon on Sunday, July 16, 1933: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on July 16, 1933Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 July 1933402,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 16, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.3% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
402,626 km250,180 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1933 is on Friday, July 7, 1933 at 11:51 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 22, 1933 at 16:03 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 14, 193312:24
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 22, 193316:03

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Sunday, July 16, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 23, 1933 to the new moon of July 22, 1933, a cycle of 29.61 days.