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The Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on September 12, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 September 1940395,466 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 12, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.8% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
395,466 km245,731 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1940 is on Monday, September 16, 1940 at 14:41 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 2, 1940 at 04:15 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Thursday, September 12, 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.