# Full Moon Calendar 1940

> There are 12 Full Moons and 13 New Moons in 1940. The first Full Moon is the Wolf Moon on January 24 in Leo, and the last is the Cold Moon on December 14 in Gemini. There is no Blue Moon in 1940. The Harvest Moon is on September 16. Three Full Moons are also a lunar eclipse: March 23 (Penumbral Lunar Eclipse), April 22 (Penumbral Lunar Eclipse) and October 16 (Penumbral Lunar Eclipse). Dates are in UTC; Moon names follow the US Eastern calendar month.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1940

## Full Moons

| Date (UTC) | Name | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1940-01-24 23:22 UTC | Wolf Moon | 3°50' Leo |  |
| 1940-02-23 09:56 UTC | Snow Moon | 3°39' Virgo |  |
| 1940-03-23 19:33 UTC | Worm Moon | 3°01' Libra | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
| 1940-04-22 04:37 UTC | Pink Moon | 1°54' Scorpio | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
| 1940-05-21 13:33 UTC | Flower Moon | 0°19' Sagittarius |  |
| 1940-06-19 23:02 UTC | Strawberry Moon | 28°28' Sagittarius |  |
| 1940-07-19 09:55 UTC | Buck Moon | 26°33' Capricorn |  |
| 1940-08-17 23:03 UTC | Sturgeon Moon | 24°51' Aquarius |  |
| 1940-09-16 14:41 UTC | Harvest Moon | 23°34' Pisces |  |
| 1940-10-16 08:15 UTC | Hunter's Moon | 22°49' Aries | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
| 1940-11-15 02:23 UTC | Beaver Moon | 22°35' Taurus |  |
| 1940-12-14 19:38 UTC | Cold Moon | 22°41' Gemini |  |

## New Moons

| Date (UTC) | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1940-01-09 13:53 UTC | 18°10' Capricorn |  |
| 1940-02-08 07:45 UTC | 18°24' Aquarius |  |
| 1940-03-09 02:23 UTC | 18°22' Pisces |  |
| 1940-04-07 20:19 UTC | 17°51' Aries | Annular Solar Eclipse |
| 1940-05-07 12:07 UTC | 16°46' Taurus |  |
| 1940-06-06 01:05 UTC | 15°10' Gemini |  |
| 1940-07-05 11:28 UTC | 13°16' Cancer |  |
| 1940-08-03 20:09 UTC | 11°18' Leo |  |
| 1940-09-02 04:15 UTC | 9°32' Virgo |  |
| 1940-10-01 12:41 UTC | 8°11' Libra | Total Solar Eclipse |
| 1940-10-30 22:03 UTC | 7°20' Scorpio |  |
| 1940-11-29 08:42 UTC | 7°00' Sagittarius |  |
| 1940-12-28 20:56 UTC | 7°00' Capricorn |  |

## Questions

### When Are the Full Moons in 1940?

Wolf Moon: January 24, 1940 at 6:22 PM ET (23:22 UTC), in Leo; Snow Moon: February 23, 1940 at 4:56 AM ET (09:56 UTC), in Virgo; Worm Moon: March 23, 1940 at 2:33 PM ET (19:33 UTC), in Libra; Pink Moon: April 21, 1940 at 11:37 PM ET (04:37 UTC on April 22), in Scorpio; Flower Moon: May 21, 1940 at 9:33 AM ET (13:33 UTC), in Sagittarius; Strawberry Moon: June 19, 1940 at 7:02 PM ET (23:02 UTC), in Sagittarius; Buck Moon: July 19, 1940 at 5:55 AM ET (09:55 UTC), in Capricorn; Sturgeon Moon: August 17, 1940 at 7:03 PM ET (23:03 UTC), in Aquarius; Harvest Moon: September 16, 1940 at 10:41 AM ET (14:41 UTC), in Pisces; Hunter's Moon: October 16, 1940 at 3:15 AM ET (08:15 UTC), in Aries; Beaver Moon: November 14, 1940 at 9:23 PM ET (02:23 UTC on November 15), in Taurus; Cold Moon: December 14, 1940 at 2:38 PM ET (19:38 UTC), in Gemini.

### When Are the New Moons in 1940?

January 9, 1940 at 8:53 AM ET (13:53 UTC), in Capricorn; February 8, 1940 at 2:45 AM ET (07:45 UTC), in Aquarius; March 8, 1940 at 9:23 PM ET (02:23 UTC on March 9), in Pisces; April 7, 1940 at 3:19 PM ET (20:19 UTC), in Aries; May 7, 1940 at 8:07 AM ET (12:07 UTC), in Taurus; June 5, 1940 at 9:05 PM ET (01:05 UTC on June 6), in Gemini; July 5, 1940 at 7:28 AM ET (11:28 UTC), in Cancer; August 3, 1940 at 4:09 PM ET (20:09 UTC), in Leo; September 2, 1940 at 12:15 AM ET (04:15 UTC), in Virgo; October 1, 1940 at 7:41 AM ET (12:41 UTC), in Libra; October 30, 1940 at 5:03 PM ET (22:03 UTC), in Scorpio; November 29, 1940 at 3:42 AM ET (08:42 UTC), in Sagittarius; December 28, 1940 at 3:56 PM ET (20:56 UTC), in Capricorn.

### Is There a Blue Moon in 1940?

No. No calendar month in 1940 has two Full Moons in US Eastern time.

### When Is the Harvest Moon in 1940?

The Harvest Moon, the Full Moon nearest the September equinox, is on September 16, 1940 at 10:41 AM ET (14:41 UTC), in Pisces.

### Where Do the Full Moon Names Come From?

The names (Wolf, Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower, Strawberry, Buck, Sturgeon, Corn, Hunter's, Beaver and Cold) are traditional North American names popularized by farmers' almanacs. They belong to the month, not to the zodiac sign the Moon is in.

### Why Do Some Calendars List a Different Date?

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.

## Method

Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time.

Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1940). Free to cite with a link to the source page.