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The Moon on Saturday, June 22, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on June 22, 1940Waning Gibbous

Saturday 22 June 1940390,832 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 22, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
390,832 km242,852 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1940 is on Wednesday, June 19, 1940 at 23:02 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 1940 at 11:28 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Saturday, June 22, 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.