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The Moon on Sunday, September 22, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on September 22, 1940Waning Gibbous

Sunday 22 September 1940398,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 22, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
398,937 km247,888 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1940 is on Monday, September 16, 1940 at 14:41 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 1, 1940 at 12:41 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Sunday, September 22, 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.