Waxing · 8.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°
Moon age
3.0days
Moon phase on July 16, 1942Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, July 16, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
396,475 km246,358 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to July 16, 1942 is on Monday, July 27, 1942 at 19:14 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 13, 1942 at 12:03 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, July 13, 1942 | 12:03 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, July 21, 1942 | 05:13 |
The Moon around July 16
More about this date
Thursday, July 16, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in July 1942, or the whole moon calendar 1942.
- The same date one year apart: 1941 · 1943.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.