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The Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1939: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Last Quarter at

09:18UTC

Moon phase on August 8, 1939Last Quarter

Tuesday 8 August 1939387,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 8, 1939, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.0% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
387,802 km240,969 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 15, 1939 at 03:53 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 31, 193906:37
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 8, 193909:18
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 15, 193903:53

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Tuesday, August 8, 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.