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The Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 14, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 14 August 1940388,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 14, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
388,509 km241,408 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1940 is on Saturday, August 17, 1940 at 23:03 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 3, 1940 at 20:09 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Wednesday, August 14, 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.