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The Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1940: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Last Quarter at

11:30UTC

Moon phase on July 27, 1940Last Quarter

Saturday 27 July 1940401,383 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 27, 1940, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.9% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
401,383 km249,408 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1940 is on Friday, July 19, 1940 at 09:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 3, 1940 at 20:09 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 19, 194009:55
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 27, 194011:30
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 3, 194020:09

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Saturday, July 27, 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.