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The Moon on Saturday, June 1, 1940: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on June 1, 1940Waning Crescent

Saturday 1 June 1940402,497 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 1, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.4% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
402,497 km250,100 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1940 is on Tuesday, May 21, 1940 at 13:33 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 1940 at 01:05 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 29, 194000:40
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 6, 194001:05

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Saturday, June 1, 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.