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The Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on November 17, 1940Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 November 1940394,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 17, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
394,947 km245,409 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1940 is on Friday, November 15, 1940 at 02:23 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 29, 1940 at 08:42 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 15, 194002:23
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 22, 194016:36

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Sunday, November 17, 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.