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The Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on October 18, 1939Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 October 1939393,076 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 18, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.2% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
393,076 km244,246 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1939 is on Saturday, October 28, 1939 at 06:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 12, 1939 at 20:30 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Wednesday, October 18, 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.