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The Moon on Thursday, November 23, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on November 23, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 November 1939396,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 23, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
396,386 km246,303 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1939 is on Sunday, November 26, 1939 at 21:55 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 11, 1939 at 07:54 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 18, 193923:21
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 26, 193921:55

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Thursday, November 23, 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.