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The Moon on Saturday, August 1, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on August 1, 1942Waning Gibbous

Saturday 1 August 1942385,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 1, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.0% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
385,340 km239,439 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1942 is on Monday, July 27, 1942 at 19:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 1942 at 02:28 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 27, 194219:14
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 3, 194223:04

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Saturday, August 1, 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.