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The Moon on Monday, July 15, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on July 15, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 July 1940377,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 15, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
377,451 km234,537 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1940 is on Friday, July 19, 1940 at 09:55 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 1940 at 11:28 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 12, 194006:35
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 19, 194009:55

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Monday, July 15, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1940 to the new moon of August 3, 1940, a cycle of 29.36 days.