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The Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on August 3, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 August 1941370,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 3, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.0% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
370,041 km229,932 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1941 is on Thursday, August 7, 1941 at 05:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 24, 1941 at 07:39 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Sunday, August 3, 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.