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The Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 1939: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on July 12, 1939Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 July 1939380,960 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 12, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.9% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
380,960 km236,718 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1939 is on Saturday, July 1, 1939 at 16:16 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 16, 1939 at 21:03 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 9, 193919:49
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 16, 193921:03

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Wednesday, July 12, 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.