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The Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on March 24, 1940Waning Gibbous

Sunday 24 March 1940358,201 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 24, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
358,201 km222,576 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1940 is on Saturday, March 23, 1940 at 19:33 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 7, 1940 at 20:19 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 23, 194019:33
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 30, 194016:20

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Sunday, March 24, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1940 to the new moon of April 7, 1940, a cycle of 29.75 days.