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The Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on July 15, 1942Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 July 1942399,502 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 15, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
399,502 km248,239 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1942 is on Monday, July 27, 1942 at 19:14 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 13, 1942 at 12:03 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 13, 194212:03
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 21, 194205:13

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Wednesday, July 15, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1942 to the new moon of August 12, 1942, a cycle of 29.60 days.