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The Moon on Friday, November 17, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on November 17, 1939Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 November 1939401,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 17, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.3% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
401,001 km249,171 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1939 is on Sunday, November 26, 1939 at 21:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 11, 1939 at 07:54 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Friday, November 17, 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.