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The Moon on Monday, August 31, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on August 31, 1942Waning Gibbous

Monday 31 August 1942395,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 31, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
395,893 km245,996 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1942 is on Wednesday, August 26, 1942 at 03:46 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 10, 1942 at 15:53 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 26, 194203:46
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 2, 194215:42

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Monday, August 31, 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.