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The Moon on Monday, June 24, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on June 24, 1940Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 June 1940398,777 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 24, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.3% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
398,777 km247,788 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1940 is on Wednesday, June 19, 1940 at 23:02 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 1940 at 11:28 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Monday, June 24, 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.