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The Moon on Friday, September 27, 1940: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on September 27, 1940Waning Crescent

Friday 27 September 1940371,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 27, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
371,800 km231,026 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1940 is on Monday, September 16, 1940 at 14:41 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 1, 1940 at 12:41 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Friday, September 27, 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.