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The Moon on Monday, March 20, 1939: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

29.1days

Moon phase on March 20, 1939Waning Crescent

Monday 20 March 1939399,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 20, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
399,344 km248,141 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 12, 193921:37
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 21, 193901:49

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Monday, March 20, 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.