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The Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1943: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on July 28, 1943Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 July 1943401,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 28, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
401,910 km249,735 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1943 is on Saturday, July 17, 1943 at 12:22 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 1, 1943 at 04:06 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 24, 194304:39
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 1, 194304:06

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Wednesday, July 28, 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.