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The Moon on Monday, October 7, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on October 7, 1940Waxing Crescent

Monday 7 October 1940381,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 7, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
381,610 km237,121 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1940 is on Wednesday, October 16, 1940 at 08:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 1, 1940 at 12:41 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 1, 194012:41
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 8, 194006:18

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Monday, October 7, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1940 to the new moon of October 30, 1940, a cycle of 29.39 days.