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The Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on July 24, 1940Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 July 1940404,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 24, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.9% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
404,230 km251,177 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1940 is on Friday, July 19, 1940 at 09:55 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 3, 1940 at 20:09 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Wednesday, July 24, 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.