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The Moon on Monday, December 30, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on December 30, 1940Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 December 1940381,418 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 30, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
381,418 km237,002 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1940 is on Monday, January 13, 1941 at 11:04 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 28, 1940 at 20:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 28, 194020:56
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 5, 194113:40

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Monday, December 30, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1940 to the new moon of January 27, 1941, a cycle of 29.59 days.