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The Moon on Friday, August 7, 1942: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on August 7, 1942Waning Crescent

Friday 7 August 1942405,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 7, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.7% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
405,380 km251,891 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1942 is on Monday, July 27, 1942 at 19:14 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 1942 at 02:28 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 3, 194223:04
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 12, 194202:28

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Friday, August 7, 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.