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The Moon on Friday, June 23, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on June 23, 1939Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 June 1939370,717 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 23, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.3% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
370,717 km230,353 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1939 is on Saturday, July 1, 1939 at 16:16 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 17, 1939 at 13:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Friday, June 23, 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.