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The Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on December 4, 1940Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 4 December 1940390,929 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 4, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.4% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
390,929 km242,912 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1940 is on Saturday, December 14, 1940 at 19:38 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 29, 1940 at 08:42 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 29, 194008:42
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 6, 194016:01

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Wednesday, December 4, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 1940 to the new moon of December 28, 1940, a cycle of 29.51 days.