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The Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on April 24, 1940Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 April 1940370,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 24, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
370,994 km230,525 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1940 is on Monday, April 22, 1940 at 04:37 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 7, 1940 at 12:07 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, April 22, 194004:37
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 29, 194007:49

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Wednesday, April 24, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 1940 to the new moon of May 7, 1940, a cycle of 29.66 days.