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The Moon on Friday, June 7, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on June 7, 1940Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 June 1940381,940 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 7, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
381,940 km237,327 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1940 is on Wednesday, June 19, 1940 at 23:02 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 1940 at 01:05 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 6, 194001:05
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 13, 194001:59

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Friday, June 7, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 1940 to the new moon of July 5, 1940, a cycle of 29.43 days.