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The Moon on Thursday, June 22, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on June 22, 1939Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 June 1939367,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 22, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.2% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
367,521 km228,367 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1939 is on Saturday, July 1, 1939 at 16:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 17, 1939 at 13:37 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Thursday, June 22, 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.