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The Moon on Thursday, October 19, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on October 19, 1939Waxing Crescent

Thursday 19 October 1939397,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 19, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.9% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
397,702 km247,120 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1939 is on Saturday, October 28, 1939 at 06:42 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 12, 1939 at 20:30 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Thursday, October 19, 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.