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The Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on June 20, 1939Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 June 1939363,581 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 20, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
363,581 km225,919 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1939 is on Saturday, July 1, 1939 at 16:16 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 17, 1939 at 13:37 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 17, 193913:37
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 24, 193904:35

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Tuesday, June 20, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 17, 1939 to the new moon of July 16, 1939, a cycle of 29.31 days.