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The Moon on Monday, August 14, 1939: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on August 14, 1939Waning Crescent

Monday 14 August 1939357,824 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 14, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
357,824 km222,341 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 15, 1939 at 03:53 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Monday, August 14, 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.