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The Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on July 3, 1943Waxing Crescent

Saturday 3 July 1943405,412 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 3, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
405,412 km251,911 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1943 is on Saturday, July 17, 1943 at 12:22 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 2, 1943 at 12:44 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 2, 194312:44
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 10, 194316:29

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Saturday, July 3, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 2, 1943 to the new moon of August 1, 1943, a cycle of 29.64 days.