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The Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on May 9, 1939Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 May 1939402,416 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 9, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
402,416 km250,050 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 1939 at 04:25 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 3, 193915:15
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 11, 193910:41

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Tuesday, May 9, 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.