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The Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 1939: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on February 15, 1939Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 February 1939405,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 15, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.0% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
405,478 km251,952 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Wednesday, February 15, 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.