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The Moon on Saturday, August 19, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on August 19, 1939Waxing Crescent

Saturday 19 August 1939371,556 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 19, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
371,556 km230,874 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1939 is on Tuesday, August 29, 1939 at 22:09 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 15, 1939 at 03:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Saturday, August 19, 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.