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The Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 6, 1940Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 6 August 1940363,440 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 6, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
363,440 km225,831 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1940 is on Saturday, August 17, 1940 at 23:03 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 3, 1940 at 20:09 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 3, 194020:09
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 10, 194012:00

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Tuesday, August 6, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 1940 to the new moon of September 2, 1940, a cycle of 29.34 days.