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The Moon on Friday, March 29, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on March 29, 1940Waning Gibbous

Friday 29 March 1940383,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 29, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.3% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
383,937 km238,567 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1940 is on Saturday, March 23, 1940 at 19:33 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 7, 1940 at 20:19 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Friday, March 29, 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.