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The Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on June 20, 1940Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 June 1940382,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 20, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
382,026 km237,380 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1940 is on Wednesday, June 19, 1940 at 23:02 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 1940 at 01:05 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 19, 194023:02
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 27, 194018:13

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Thursday, June 20, 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.