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The Moon on Monday, July 1, 1940: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on July 1, 1940Waning Crescent

Monday 1 July 1940394,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 1, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
394,522 km245,144 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1940 is on Wednesday, June 19, 1940 at 23:02 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 1940 at 11:28 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 27, 194018:13
New Moon (after)Friday, July 5, 194011:28

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Monday, July 1, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 1940 to the new moon of July 5, 1940, a cycle of 29.43 days.