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The Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on September 7, 1940Waxing Crescent

Saturday 7 September 1940372,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 7, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
372,100 km231,212 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 7, 1940 is on Monday, September 16, 1940 at 14:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 2, 1940 at 04:15 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 2, 194004:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 8, 194019:32

The Moon around September 7

More about this date

Saturday, September 7, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 2, 1940 to the new moon of October 1, 1940, a cycle of 29.35 days.