Skip to content
The Moon on Friday, June 28, 1940: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on June 28, 1940Waning Crescent

Friday 28 June 1940403,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 28, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.1% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
403,365 km250,639 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 27, 194018:13
New Moon (after)Friday, July 5, 194011:28

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Friday, June 28, 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.