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The Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on July 23, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 July 1942366,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 23, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.0% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
366,232 km227,566 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1942 is on Monday, July 27, 1942 at 19:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 13, 1942 at 12:03 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 21, 194205:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 27, 194219:14

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Thursday, July 23, 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.