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The Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on October 15, 1939Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 October 1939376,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 15, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.1% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
376,029 km233,653 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1939 is on Saturday, October 28, 1939 at 06:42 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 12, 1939 at 20:30 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 12, 193920:30
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 20, 193903:24

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Sunday, October 15, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 12, 1939 to the new moon of November 11, 1939, a cycle of 29.48 days.