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The Moon on Monday, August 3, 1942: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Last Quarter at

23:04UTC

Moon phase on August 3, 1942Last Quarter

Monday 3 August 1942396,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 3, 1942, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
396,074 km246,109 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1942 is on Monday, July 27, 1942 at 19:14 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 1942 at 02:28 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 27, 194219:14
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, August 3, 194223:04
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 12, 194202:28

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Monday, August 3, 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.