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The Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on June 23, 1940Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 June 1940395,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 23, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
395,074 km245,488 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1940 is on Wednesday, June 19, 1940 at 23:02 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 1940 at 11:28 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Sunday, June 23, 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.