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The Moon on Monday, July 29, 1940: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on July 29, 1940Waning Crescent

Monday 29 July 1940393,657 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 29, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.8% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
393,657 km244,607 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1940 is on Friday, July 19, 1940 at 09:55 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 3, 1940 at 20:09 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 27, 194011:30
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 3, 194020:09

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Monday, July 29, 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.