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The Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1939: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on October 8, 1939Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 October 1939366,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 8, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
366,206 km227,550 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1939 is on Thursday, September 28, 1939 at 14:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 12, 1939 at 20:30 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Sunday, October 8, 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.