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The Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on July 23, 1940Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 July 1940402,882 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 23, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
402,882 km250,339 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1940 is on Friday, July 19, 1940 at 09:55 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 3, 1940 at 20:09 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Tuesday, July 23, 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.