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The Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on July 21, 1943Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 21 July 1943368,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 21, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
368,137 km228,750 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1943 is on Saturday, July 17, 1943 at 12:22 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 1, 1943 at 04:06 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 17, 194312:22
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 24, 194304:39

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Wednesday, July 21, 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.