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The Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 1940: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Last Quarter at

17:47UTC

Moon phase on September 24, 1940Last Quarter

Tuesday 24 September 1940389,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 24, 1940, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
389,752 km242,181 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1940 is on Monday, September 16, 1940 at 14:41 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 1, 1940 at 12:41 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 16, 194014:41
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, September 24, 194017:47
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 1, 194012:41

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Tuesday, September 24, 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.