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The Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on July 18, 1939Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 July 1939359,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 18, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
359,359 km223,295 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 16, 1939 at 21:03 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Tuesday, July 18, 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.