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The Moon on Friday, December 20, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 67.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on December 20, 1940Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 December 1940374,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 20, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.4% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
374,983 km233,004 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1940 is on Saturday, December 14, 1940 at 19:38 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 28, 1940 at 20:56 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 14, 194019:38
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 22, 194001:45

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Friday, December 20, 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.