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The Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 1939: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on October 11, 1939Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 October 1939361,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 11, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
361,801 km224,812 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1939 is on Thursday, September 28, 1939 at 14:27 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 12, 1939 at 20:30 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Wednesday, October 11, 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.