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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

May 1940 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for May 1940, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
May 1Waning Crescent33%
May 2Waning Crescent25%
May 3Waning Crescent17%
May 4Waning Crescent10%
May 5Waning Crescent5%
May 6Waning Crescent2%
May 7New Moon0%
May 8New Moon0%
May 9Waxing Crescent3%
May 10Waxing Crescent7%
May 11Waxing Crescent13%
May 12Waxing Crescent22%
May 13Waxing Crescent31%
May 14Waxing Crescent42%
May 15Waxing Gibbous53%
May 16Waxing Gibbous64%
May 17Waxing Gibbous75%
May 18Waxing Gibbous84%
May 19Waxing Gibbous92%
May 20Waxing Gibbous97%
May 21Full Moon100%
May 22Full Moon99%
May 23Waning Gibbous97%
May 24Waning Gibbous92%
May 25Waning Gibbous85%
May 26Waning Gibbous77%
May 27Waning Gibbous68%
May 28Waning Gibbous59%
May 29Waning Crescent49%
May 30Waning Crescent40%
May 31Waning Crescent31%
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