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The Moon on Monday, June 17, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on June 17, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 June 1940372,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 17, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
372,187 km231,266 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1940 is on Wednesday, June 19, 1940 at 23:02 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 1940 at 01:05 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Monday, June 17, 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.