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The Moon on Saturday, July 8, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on July 8, 1939Waning Gibbous

Saturday 8 July 1939401,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 8, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.9% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
401,043 km249,197 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1939 is on Saturday, July 1, 1939 at 16:16 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 16, 1939 at 21:03 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Saturday, July 8, 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.