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The Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on June 15, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 June 1940369,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 15, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.5% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
369,482 km229,585 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1940 is on Wednesday, June 19, 1940 at 23:02 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 1940 at 01:05 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Saturday, June 15, 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.