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The Moon on Friday, August 25, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on August 25, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Friday 25 August 1939401,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 25, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
401,445 km249,447 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1939 is on Tuesday, August 29, 1939 at 22:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 15, 1939 at 03:53 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 21, 193921:21
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 29, 193922:09

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Friday, August 25, 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.