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The Moon on Monday, September 9, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on September 9, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Monday 9 September 1940382,363 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 9, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
382,363 km237,589 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1940 is on Monday, September 16, 1940 at 14:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 2, 1940 at 04:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 8, 194019:32
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 16, 194014:41

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Monday, September 9, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 2, 1940 to the new moon of October 1, 1940, a cycle of 29.35 days.