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The Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1940: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

First Quarter at

20:51UTC

Moon phase on May 14, 1940First Quarter

Tuesday 14 May 1940373,364 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 14, 1940, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.0% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
373,364 km231,998 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1940 is on Tuesday, May 21, 1940 at 13:33 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 7, 1940 at 12:07 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 7, 194012:07
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 14, 194020:51
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 21, 194013:33

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Tuesday, May 14, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1940 to the new moon of June 6, 1940, a cycle of 29.54 days.