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The Moon on Thursday, June 13, 1940: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

First Quarter at

01:59UTC

Moon phase on June 13, 1940First Quarter

Thursday 13 June 1940369,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 13, 1940, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.9% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
369,595 km229,656 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 13, 1940 is on Wednesday, June 19, 1940 at 23:02 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 1940 at 01:05 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 6, 194001:05
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, June 13, 194001:59
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 19, 194023:02

The Moon around June 13

More about this date

Thursday, June 13, 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.