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The Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 1939: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on August 9, 1939Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 August 1939381,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 9, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
381,911 km237,308 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 15, 1939 at 03:53 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 8, 193909:18
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 15, 193903:53

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Wednesday, August 9, 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.