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The Moon on Thursday, November 21, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on November 21, 1940Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 November 1940380,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 21, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.0% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
380,097 km236,181 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1940 is on Friday, November 15, 1940 at 02:23 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 29, 1940 at 08:42 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Thursday, November 21, 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.