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The Moon on Monday, August 12, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 August 1940381,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 12, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
381,058 km236,778 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1940 is on Saturday, August 17, 1940 at 23:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 3, 1940 at 20:09 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 10, 194012:00
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 17, 194023:03

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Monday, August 12, 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.