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The Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on July 20, 1940Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 July 1940394,310 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 20, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
394,310 km245,013 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1940 is on Friday, July 19, 1940 at 09:55 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 3, 1940 at 20:09 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 19, 194009:55
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 27, 194011:30

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Saturday, July 20, 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.