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The Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on August 3, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 August 1944364,830 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 3, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
364,830 km226,695 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1944 is on Friday, August 4, 1944 at 12:39 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 20, 1944 at 05:43 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 28, 194409:24
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 4, 194412:39

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Thursday, August 3, 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.