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The Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on July 27, 1944Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 July 1944401,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 27, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.5% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
401,061 km249,207 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1944 is on Friday, August 4, 1944 at 12:39 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 20, 1944 at 05:43 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Thursday, July 27, 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.