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The Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1940: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on November 23, 1940Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 November 1940371,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 23, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.1% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
371,725 km230,979 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, November 22, 194016:36
New Moon (after)Friday, November 29, 194008:42

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Saturday, November 23, 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.