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The Moon on Thursday, November 2, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on November 2, 1939Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 November 1939376,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 2, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
376,658 km234,044 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1939 is on Saturday, October 28, 1939 at 06:42 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 11, 1939 at 07:54 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 28, 193906:42
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, November 4, 193913:12

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Thursday, November 2, 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.