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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

August 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 August 1940, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Aug 1Waning Crescent10%
Aug 2Waning Crescent4%
Aug 3New Moon1%
Aug 4New Moon0%
Aug 5Waxing Crescent2%
Aug 6Waxing Crescent7%
Aug 7Waxing Crescent15%
Aug 8Waxing Crescent24%
Aug 9Waxing Crescent35%
Aug 10Waxing Crescent46%
Aug 11Waxing Gibbous57%
Aug 12Waxing Gibbous68%
Aug 13Waxing Gibbous77%
Aug 14Waxing Gibbous85%
Aug 15Waxing Gibbous92%
Aug 16Waxing Gibbous97%
Aug 17Full Moon99%
Aug 18Full Moon100%
Aug 19Waning Gibbous99%
Aug 20Waning Gibbous96%
Aug 21Waning Gibbous91%
Aug 22Waning Gibbous85%
Aug 23Waning Gibbous78%
Aug 24Waning Gibbous69%
Aug 25Waning Gibbous60%
Aug 26Last Quarter50%
Aug 27Waning Crescent40%
Aug 28Waning Crescent30%
Aug 29Waning Crescent21%
Aug 30Waning Crescent13%
Aug 31Waning Crescent6%
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