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The Moon on Monday, July 24, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on July 24, 1944Waxing Crescent

Monday 24 July 1944405,409 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 24, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
405,409 km251,909 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1944 is on Friday, August 4, 1944 at 12:39 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 20, 1944 at 05:43 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 20, 194405:43
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 28, 194409:24

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Monday, July 24, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1944 to the new moon of August 18, 1944, a cycle of 29.61 days.