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The Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1941: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on July 20, 1941Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 July 1941400,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 20, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
400,891 km249,102 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1941 is on Tuesday, July 8, 1941 at 20:17 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 24, 1941 at 07:39 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 16, 194108:08
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 24, 194107:39

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Sunday, July 20, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 1941 to the new moon of July 24, 1941, a cycle of 29.51 days.