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The Moon on Monday, July 17, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

29.9days

Moon phase on July 17, 1939Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 July 1939359,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 17, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
359,307 km223,263 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 16, 1939 at 21:03 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 16, 193921:03
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 23, 193911:34

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Monday, July 17, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 1939 to the new moon of August 15, 1939, a cycle of 29.29 days.