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The Moon on Saturday, July 4, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on July 4, 1942Waning Gibbous

Saturday 4 July 1942386,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 4, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.1% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
386,050 km239,880 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 1942 is on Sunday, June 28, 1942 at 12:09 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 13, 1942 at 12:03 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Saturday, July 4, 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.