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The Moon on Friday, May 24, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on May 24, 1940Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 May 1940383,490 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 24, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
383,490 km238,289 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1940 is on Tuesday, May 21, 1940 at 13:33 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 1940 at 01:05 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 21, 194013:33
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 29, 194000:40

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Friday, May 24, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1940 to the new moon of June 6, 1940, a cycle of 29.54 days.