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The Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on June 21, 1939Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 June 1939365,045 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 21, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.9% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
365,045 km226,828 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1939 is on Saturday, July 1, 1939 at 16:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 17, 1939 at 13:37 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Wednesday, June 21, 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.