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The Moon on Friday, July 16, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on July 16, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 July 1943359,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 16, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
359,369 km223,301 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1943 is on Saturday, July 17, 1943 at 12:22 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 2, 1943 at 12:44 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 10, 194316:29
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 17, 194312:22

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Friday, July 16, 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.