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The Moon on Monday, May 15, 1939: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on May 15, 1939Waning Crescent

Monday 15 May 1939393,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 15, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
393,399 km244,447 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 1939 at 04:25 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Monday, May 15, 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.