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The Moon on Wednesday, July 10, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on July 10, 1940Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 July 1940368,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 10, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.2% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
368,379 km228,900 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1940 is on Friday, July 19, 1940 at 09:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 1940 at 11:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 5, 194011:28
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 12, 194006:35

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Wednesday, July 10, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1940 to the new moon of August 3, 1940, a cycle of 29.36 days.