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The Moon on Saturday, July 15, 1939: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on July 15, 1939Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 July 1939364,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 15, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
364,438 km226,451 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1939 is on Saturday, July 1, 1939 at 16:16 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 16, 1939 at 21:03 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Saturday, July 15, 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.