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The Moon on Friday, July 24, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on July 24, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 July 1942362,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 24, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.5% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
362,870 km225,477 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1942 is on Monday, July 27, 1942 at 19:14 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 13, 1942 at 12:03 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Friday, July 24, 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.