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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

December 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

First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
New Moon

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 December 1940, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Dec 1Waxing Crescent4%
Dec 2Waxing Crescent10%
Dec 3Waxing Crescent17%
Dec 4Waxing Crescent26%
Dec 5Waxing Crescent35%
Dec 6Waxing Crescent45%
Dec 7Waxing Gibbous55%
Dec 8Waxing Gibbous64%
Dec 9Waxing Gibbous73%
Dec 10Waxing Gibbous80%
Dec 11Waxing Gibbous87%
Dec 12Waxing Gibbous93%
Dec 13Waxing Gibbous97%
Dec 14Full Moon99%
Dec 15Full Moon100%
Dec 16Waning Gibbous98%
Dec 17Waning Gibbous94%
Dec 18Waning Gibbous88%
Dec 19Waning Gibbous81%
Dec 20Waning Gibbous71%
Dec 21Waning Gibbous61%
Dec 22Last Quarter50%
Dec 23Waning Crescent38%
Dec 24Waning Crescent27%
Dec 25Waning Crescent18%
Dec 26Waning Crescent10%
Dec 27Waning Crescent4%
Dec 28New Moon1%
Dec 29New Moon0%
Dec 30Waxing Crescent2%
Dec 31Waxing Crescent6%
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