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The Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1940: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Full Moon at

19:38UTC

Moon phase on December 14, 1940Full Moon

Saturday 14 December 1940393,594 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 14, 1940, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
393,594 km244,568 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 392,509 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1940 is on Saturday, December 14, 1940 at 19:38 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 28, 1940 at 20:56 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 6, 194016:01
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, December 14, 194019:38
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 22, 194001:45

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Saturday, December 14, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 1940 to the new moon of December 28, 1940, a cycle of 29.51 days.