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The Moon on Friday, August 18, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on August 18, 1939Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 August 1939366,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 18, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
366,075 km227,468 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1939 is on Tuesday, August 29, 1939 at 22:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 15, 1939 at 03:53 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 15, 193903:53
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 21, 193921:21

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Friday, August 18, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1939 to the new moon of September 13, 1939, a cycle of 29.31 days.