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The Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on December 5, 1940Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 December 1940395,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 5, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
395,911 km246,007 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1940 is on Saturday, December 14, 1940 at 19:38 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 29, 1940 at 08:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Thursday, December 5, 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.