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The Moon on Saturday, July 15, 1944: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on July 15, 1944Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 July 1944381,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 15, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
381,250 km236,898 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1944 is on Thursday, July 6, 1944 at 04:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 20, 1944 at 05:43 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 12, 194420:39
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 20, 194405:43

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Saturday, July 15, 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.