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The Moon on Sunday, September 17, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on September 17, 1939Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 September 1939376,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 17, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
376,100 km233,698 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1939 is on Thursday, September 28, 1939 at 14:27 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 13, 1939 at 11:22 UTC, 4 days earlier.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Sunday, September 17, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 13, 1939 to the new moon of October 12, 1939, a cycle of 29.38 days.