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The Moon on Wednesday, February 7, 1940: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on February 7, 1940Waning Crescent

Wednesday 7 February 1940401,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 7, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
401,855 km249,701 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 7, 1940 is on Wednesday, January 24, 1940 at 23:22 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 8, 1940 at 07:45 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 31, 194014:47
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 8, 194007:45

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Wednesday, February 7, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1940 to the new moon of February 8, 1940, a cycle of 29.74 days.