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The Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1940: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on January 3, 1940Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 January 1940375,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 3, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
375,840 km233,536 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1940 is on Tuesday, December 26, 1939 at 11:29 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 9, 1940 at 13:53 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 2, 194004:56
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 9, 194013:53

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Wednesday, January 3, 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.