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The Moon on Monday, April 24, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on April 24, 1939Waxing Crescent

Monday 24 April 1939373,246 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 24, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.3% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
373,246 km231,924 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 19, 1939 at 16:35 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 19, 193916:35
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 26, 193918:25

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Monday, April 24, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 19, 1939 to the new moon of May 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.49 days.