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The Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on July 1, 1942Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 1 July 1942367,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 1, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
367,825 km228,556 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1942 is on Sunday, June 28, 1942 at 12:09 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 13, 1942 at 12:03 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 28, 194212:09
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, July 5, 194208:58

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Wednesday, July 1, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 1942 to the new moon of July 13, 1942, a cycle of 29.63 days.