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The Moon on Sunday, November 12, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on November 12, 1939Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 November 1939378,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 12, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
378,442 km235,153 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1939 is on Sunday, November 26, 1939 at 21:55 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 11, 1939 at 07:54 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 11, 193907:54
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 18, 193923:21

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Sunday, November 12, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 11, 1939 to the new moon of December 10, 1939, a cycle of 29.58 days.