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The Moon on Thursday, July 20, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on July 20, 1939Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 July 1939364,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 20, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.6% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
364,311 km226,373 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 16, 1939 at 21:03 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Thursday, July 20, 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.