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The Moon on Saturday, September 28, 1940: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on September 28, 1940Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 September 1940366,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 28, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
366,176 km227,531 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1940 is on Monday, September 16, 1940 at 14:41 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 1, 1940 at 12:41 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Saturday, September 28, 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.