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The Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on August 6, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 6 August 1941377,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 6, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
377,010 km234,263 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1941 is on Thursday, August 7, 1941 at 05:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 24, 1941 at 07:39 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Wednesday, August 6, 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.