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The Moon on Tuesday, November 5, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on November 5, 1940Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 November 1940386,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 5, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
386,185 km239,964 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1940 is on Friday, November 15, 1940 at 02:23 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 30, 1940 at 22:03 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 30, 194022:03
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, November 6, 194021:08

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Tuesday, November 5, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 30, 1940 to the new moon of November 29, 1940, a cycle of 29.44 days.