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The Moon on Monday, August 24, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 24, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 August 1942365,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 24, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
365,658 km227,209 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1942 is on Wednesday, August 26, 1942 at 03:46 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 1942 at 02:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 19, 194211:31
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 26, 194203:46

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Monday, August 24, 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.