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The Moon on Thursday, July 11, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on July 11, 1940Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 July 1940369,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 11, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
369,250 km229,441 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1940 is on Friday, July 19, 1940 at 09:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 1940 at 11:28 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Thursday, July 11, 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.