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The Moon on Sunday, September 15, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on September 15, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 September 1940403,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 15, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
403,510 km250,729 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1940 is on Monday, September 16, 1940 at 14:41 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 2, 1940 at 04:15 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Sunday, September 15, 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.