Waning · 95.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°
Moon age
16.0days
Moon phase on May 23, 1940Waning Gibbous
On Thursday, May 23, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
378,203 km235,004 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 1940 is on Tuesday, May 21, 1940 at 13:33 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 1940 at 01:05 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Tuesday, May 21, 1940 | 13:33 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, May 29, 1940 | 00:40 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Thursday, May 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1940, or the whole moon calendar 1940.
- The same date one year apart: 1939 · 1941.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.