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The Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on June 8, 1939Waning Gibbous

Thursday 8 June 1939404,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 8, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.8% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
404,460 km251,319 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1939 is on Friday, June 2, 1939 at 03:11 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 17, 1939 at 13:37 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, June 2, 193903:11
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 10, 193904:07

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Thursday, June 8, 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.