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The Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1940: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on July 30, 1940Waning Crescent

Tuesday 30 July 1940388,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 30, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
388,526 km241,419 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1940 is on Friday, July 19, 1940 at 09:55 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 3, 1940 at 20:09 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Tuesday, July 30, 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.