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The Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on July 4, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 4 July 1944376,679 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 4, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
376,679 km234,057 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 1944 is on Thursday, July 6, 1944 at 04:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 20, 1944 at 17:00 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 28, 194417:27
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 6, 194404:27

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Tuesday, July 4, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1944 to the new moon of July 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.53 days.