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The Moon on Saturday, April 15, 1939: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on April 15, 1939Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 April 1939402,057 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 15, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
402,057 km249,826 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 19, 1939 at 16:35 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 11, 193916:12
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 19, 193916:35

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Saturday, April 15, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 1939 to the new moon of April 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.62 days.