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The Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on July 5, 1939Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 5 July 1939405,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 5, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
405,541 km251,991 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1939 is on Saturday, July 1, 1939 at 16:16 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 16, 1939 at 21:03 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 1, 193916:16
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, July 9, 193919:49

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Wednesday, July 5, 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.