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The Moon on Wednesday, June 26, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on June 26, 1940Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 26 June 1940403,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 26, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.0% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
403,453 km250,694 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1940 is on Wednesday, June 19, 1940 at 23:02 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 1940 at 11:28 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Wednesday, June 26, 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.