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The Moon on Thursday, June 15, 1939: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on June 15, 1939Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 June 1939376,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 15, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
376,003 km233,637 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1939 is on Friday, June 2, 1939 at 03:11 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 17, 1939 at 13:37 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 10, 193904:07
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 17, 193913:37

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Thursday, June 15, 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.