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The Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 1940: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

First Quarter at

06:18UTC

Moon phase on October 8, 1940First Quarter

Tuesday 8 October 1940387,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 8, 1940, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
387,370 km240,701 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1940 is on Wednesday, October 16, 1940 at 08:15 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 1, 1940 at 12:41 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 1, 194012:41
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 8, 194006:18
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 16, 194008:15

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Tuesday, October 8, 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.