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The Moon on Monday, August 17, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on August 17, 1942Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 August 1942378,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 17, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
378,578 km235,238 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1942 is on Wednesday, August 26, 1942 at 03:46 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 1942 at 02:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 12, 194202:28
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 19, 194211:31

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Monday, August 17, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1942 to the new moon of September 10, 1942, a cycle of 29.56 days.