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The Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on May 15, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 May 1940370,281 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 15, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
370,281 km230,082 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1940 is on Tuesday, May 21, 1940 at 13:33 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 7, 1940 at 12:07 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 14, 194020:51
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 21, 194013:33

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Wednesday, May 15, 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.