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The Moon on Saturday, November 18, 1939: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

First Quarter at

23:21UTC

Moon phase on November 18, 1939First Quarter

Saturday 18 November 1939403,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 18, 1939, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.7% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
403,286 km250,590 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1939 is on Sunday, November 26, 1939 at 21:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 11, 1939 at 07:54 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 11, 193907:54
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, November 18, 193923:21
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 26, 193921:55

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Saturday, November 18, 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.