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The Moon on Friday, May 19, 1939: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

New Moon at

04:25UTC

Moon phase on May 19, 1939New Moon

Friday 19 May 1939375,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 19, 1939, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.8 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.8 dMoon age
375,460 km233,300 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1939 is on Friday, June 2, 1939 at 03:11 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 1939 at 04:25 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 11, 193910:41
New Moon (this day)Friday, May 19, 193904:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 25, 193923:20

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Friday, May 19, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1939 to the new moon of June 17, 1939, a cycle of 29.38 days.