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The Moon on Saturday, October 19, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on October 19, 1940Waning Gibbous

Saturday 19 October 1940400,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 19, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.1% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
400,950 km249,138 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1940 is on Wednesday, October 16, 1940 at 08:15 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 30, 1940 at 22:03 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 16, 194008:15
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 24, 194006:04

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Saturday, October 19, 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.