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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 1939: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on May 12, 1939Waning Crescent

Friday 12 May 1939403,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
403,119 km250,487 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 1939 at 04:25 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 11, 193910:41
New Moon (after)Friday, May 19, 193904:25

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 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.