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The Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 1940: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

New Moon at

12:41UTC

Moon phase on October 1, 1940New Moon

Tuesday 1 October 1940357,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 1, 1940, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
357,114 km221,900 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1940 is on Wednesday, October 16, 1940 at 08:15 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 1, 1940 at 12:41 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 24, 194017:47
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, October 1, 194012:41
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 8, 194006:18

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Tuesday, October 1, 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.