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The Moon on Saturday, October 7, 1939: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on October 7, 1939Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 October 1939369,816 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 7, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
369,816 km229,793 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1939 is on Thursday, September 28, 1939 at 14:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 12, 1939 at 20:30 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 6, 193905:28
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 12, 193920:30

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Saturday, October 7, 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.