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The Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1940: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Last Quarter at

04:56UTC

Moon phase on January 2, 1940Last Quarter

Tuesday 2 January 1940372,859 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 2, 1940, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.8% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
372,859 km231,684 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1940 is on Tuesday, December 26, 1939 at 11:29 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 9, 1940 at 13:53 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 26, 193911:29
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 2, 194004:56
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 9, 194013:53

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Tuesday, January 2, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1939 to the new moon of January 9, 1940, a cycle of 29.67 days.