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The Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1942: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on July 9, 1942Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 July 1942405,284 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 9, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
405,284 km251,832 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1942 is on Sunday, June 28, 1942 at 12:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 13, 1942 at 12:03 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 5, 194208:58
New Moon (after)Monday, July 13, 194212:03

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Thursday, July 9, 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.