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The Moon on Monday, July 5, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on July 5, 1943Waxing Crescent

Monday 5 July 1943406,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 5, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
406,023 km252,291 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1943 is on Saturday, July 17, 1943 at 12:22 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 2, 1943 at 12:44 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Monday, July 5, 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.