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The Moon on Sunday, May 14, 1939: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on May 14, 1939Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 May 1939397,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 14, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.3% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
397,532 km247,015 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 1939 at 04:25 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Sunday, May 14, 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.