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The Moon on Monday, July 24, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on July 24, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 July 1939383,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 24, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
383,709 km238,426 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 16, 1939 at 21:03 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 23, 193911:34
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 31, 193906:37

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Monday, July 24, 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.