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The Moon on Monday, July 21, 1941: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on July 21, 1941Waning Crescent

Monday 21 July 1941397,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 21, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
397,880 km247,231 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1941 is on Tuesday, July 8, 1941 at 20:17 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 24, 1941 at 07:39 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Monday, July 21, 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.