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The Moon on Friday, November 8, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on November 8, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 November 1940400,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 8, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.7% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
400,635 km248,943 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1940 is on Friday, November 15, 1940 at 02:23 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 30, 1940 at 22:03 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 6, 194021:08
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 15, 194002:23

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Friday, November 8, 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.