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The Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on February 21, 1939Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 February 1939400,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 21, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
400,145 km248,638 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 19, 193908:28
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 27, 193903:26

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Tuesday, February 21, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1939 to the new moon of March 21, 1939, a cycle of 29.72 days.