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The Moon on Friday, August 1, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 62.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on August 1, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 August 1941369,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 1, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.8% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
369,232 km229,430 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1941 is on Thursday, August 7, 1941 at 05:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 24, 1941 at 07:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 31, 194109:19
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 7, 194105:38

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Friday, August 1, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1941 to the new moon of August 22, 1941, a cycle of 29.45 days.