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The Moon on Sunday, July 16, 1944: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on July 16, 1944Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 July 1944384,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 16, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.2% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
384,808 km239,109 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1944 is on Thursday, July 6, 1944 at 04:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 20, 1944 at 05:43 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Sunday, July 16, 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.