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The Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on October 24, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 24 October 1939403,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 24, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
403,689 km250,841 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1939 is on Saturday, October 28, 1939 at 06:42 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 12, 1939 at 20:30 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 20, 193903:24
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 28, 193906:42

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Tuesday, October 24, 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.