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The Moon on Tuesday, September 12, 1939: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on September 12, 1939Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 September 1939358,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 12, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
358,084 km222,503 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1939 is on Tuesday, August 29, 1939 at 22:09 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 13, 1939 at 11:22 UTC, 1 day later.

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Tuesday, September 12, 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.