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The Moon on Sunday, February 12, 1939: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on February 12, 1939Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 February 1939396,875 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 12, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.1% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
396,875 km246,607 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 11, 193904:12
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 19, 193908:28

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Sunday, February 12, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1939 to the new moon of February 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.79 days.