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The Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on August 3, 1939Waning Gibbous

Thursday 3 August 1939405,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 3, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.8% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
405,390 km251,898 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 15, 1939 at 03:53 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 31, 193906:37
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 8, 193909:18

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Thursday, August 3, 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.