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The Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1939: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on May 16, 1939Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 May 1939388,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 16, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
388,775 km241,574 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 1939 at 04:25 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Tuesday, May 16, 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.