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The Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on August 9, 1944Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 August 1944369,159 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 9, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.0% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
369,159 km229,384 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1944 is on Friday, August 4, 1944 at 12:39 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 18, 1944 at 20:25 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 4, 194412:39
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 11, 194402:52

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Wednesday, August 9, 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.