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The Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on December 2, 1939Waning Gibbous

Saturday 2 December 1939370,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 2, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.4% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
370,365 km230,134 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1939 is on Sunday, November 26, 1939 at 21:55 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 10, 1939 at 21:46 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, November 26, 193921:55
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 3, 193920:40

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Saturday, December 2, 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.