New moon dates 1942
- 1942: 12 × new moon — 16 January 1942, 15 February 1942, 17 March 1942, 15 April 1942, 15 May 1942, 13 June 1942, 13 July 1942, 12 August 1942, 10 September 1942, 10 October 1942, 8 November 1942, 8 December 1942.
New moon dates 1942
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 16 Jan | 21:30 | passed |
| Sun 15 Feb | 10:01 | passed |
| Tue 17 Mar | 23:49 | passed |
| Wed 15 Apr | 14:32 | passed |
| Fri 15 May | 05:44 | passed |
| Sat 13 Jun | 21:00 | passed |
| Mon 13 Jul | 12:02 | passed |
| Wed 12 Aug | 02:26 | passed |
| Thu 10 Sep | 15:51 | passed |
| Sat 10 Oct | 04:05 | passed |
| Sun 8 Nov | 15:18 | passed |
| Tue 8 Dec | 01:58 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.