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The Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on May 24, 1939Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 May 1939368,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 24, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
368,572 km229,020 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1939 is on Friday, June 2, 1939 at 03:11 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 1939 at 04:25 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 19, 193904:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 25, 193923:20

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Wednesday, May 24, 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.