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The Moon on Monday, October 28, 1940: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 1940Waning Crescent

Monday 28 October 1940360,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 28, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,544 km224,031 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1940 is on Wednesday, October 16, 1940 at 08:15 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 30, 1940 at 22:03 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 24, 194006:04
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 30, 194022:03

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Monday, October 28, 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.