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The Moon on Saturday, September 21, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on September 21, 1940Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 September 1940402,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 21, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.1% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
402,133 km249,874 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1940 is on Monday, September 16, 1940 at 14:41 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 1, 1940 at 12:41 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 16, 194014:41
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 24, 194017:47

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Saturday, September 21, 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.