New moon dates 1940
- 1940: 13 × new moon — 9 January 1940, 8 February 1940, 9 March 1940, 7 April 1940, 7 May 1940, 6 June 1940, 5 July 1940, 3 August 1940, 2 September 1940, 1 October 1940, 31 October 1940, 29 November 1940, 28 December 1940.
New moon dates 1940
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 9 Jan | 13:52 | passed |
| Thu 8 Feb | 07:44 | passed |
| Sat 9 Mar | 02:21 | passed |
| Sun 7 Apr | 20:17 | passed |
| Tue 7 May | 12:05 | passed |
| Thu 6 Jun | 01:04 | passed |
| Fri 5 Jul | 11:26 | passed |
| Sat 3 Aug | 20:08 | passed |
| Mon 2 Sep | 04:14 | passed |
| Tue 1 Oct | 12:40 | passed |
| Thu 31 Oct | 22:02 | passed |
| Fri 29 Nov | 08:41 | passed |
| Sat 28 Dec | 20:55 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.