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The Moon on Saturday, May 13, 1939: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on May 13, 1939Waning Crescent

Saturday 13 May 1939400,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 13, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.0% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
400,855 km249,080 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 1939 at 04:25 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Saturday, May 13, 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.