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Moon phases August 1940

New moon
Sat 03 Aug
20:09 UTC
First quarter
Sat 10 Aug
12:00 UTC
Full · Sturgeon
Sat 17 Aug
23:03 UTC
Last quarter
Mon 26 Aug
03:33 UTC

In August 1940 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Saturday, August 3 at 20:09 UTC, the First Quarter on Saturday, August 10 at 12:00 UTC, the Full Moon on Saturday, August 17 at 23:03 UTC and the Last Quarter on Monday, August 26 at 03:33 UTC. The full moon is the Sturgeon Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 7% lit 7% 02 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 03New New Moon, 0% lit 0%20:09 04 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 05 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 06 Waxing Crescent, 10% lit 10% 07 Waxing Crescent, 18% lit 18% 08 Waxing Crescent, 28% lit 28% 09 Waxing Crescent, 39% lit 39% 10First Q First Quarter, 50% lit 50%12:00 11 Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 17Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%23:03 18 Waning Gibbous, 100% lit 100% 19 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 20 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 21 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 22 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 23 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 24 Waning Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 25 Waning Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 26Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%03:33 27 Waning Crescent, 37% lit 37% 28 Waning Crescent, 27% lit 27% 29 Waning Crescent, 18% lit 18% 30 Waning Crescent, 10% lit 10% 31 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4%

Exact phase times

August 1940 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on August 3, the First Quarter on August 10, the Full Moon on August 17 and the Last Quarter on August 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonSaturday, August 3, 194020:09
First QuarterSaturday, August 10, 194012:00
Full MoonSaturday, August 17, 194023:03
Last QuarterMonday, August 26, 194003:33

Saturday, August 17, 1940: Sturgeon Moon, 399,477 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1940

Twelve full moons, one blue

24 Jan Wolf Supermoon 23 Feb Snow Supermoon 23 Mar Worm penumbral eclipse 22 Apr Pink penumbral eclipse 21 May Flower Blue moon 19 Jun Straw­berry 19 Jul Buck 17 Aug Sturgeon 16 Sept Harvest Micromoon 16 Oct Hunter’s penumbral eclipse 15 Nov Beaver Micromoon 14 Dec Cold