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The Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1939: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

First Quarter at

23:20UTC

Moon phase on May 25, 1939First Quarter

Thursday 25 May 1939369,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 25, 1939, the Moon was a First Quarter: 44.7% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

44.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
369,606 km229,663 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1939 is on Friday, June 2, 1939 at 03:11 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 1939 at 04:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 19, 193904:25
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, May 25, 193923:20
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 2, 193903:11

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Thursday, May 25, 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.