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The Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on July 18, 1942Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 July 1942388,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 18, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
388,999 km241,713 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1942 is on Monday, July 27, 1942 at 19:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 13, 1942 at 12:03 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Saturday, July 18, 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.