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The Moon on Friday, July 16, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on July 16, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 July 1937402,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 16, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
402,726 km250,242 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1937 is on Friday, July 23, 1937 at 12:46 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 8, 1937 at 04:13 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 15, 193709:37
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 23, 193712:46

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Friday, July 16, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1937 to the new moon of August 6, 1937, a cycle of 29.35 days.