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The Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1940: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on September 26, 1940Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 September 1940377,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 26, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
377,913 km234,824 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1940 is on Monday, September 16, 1940 at 14:41 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 1, 1940 at 12:41 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 24, 194017:47
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 1, 194012:41

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Thursday, September 26, 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.