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The Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1939: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Last Quarter at

20:40UTC

Moon phase on December 3, 1939Last Quarter

Sunday 3 December 1939370,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 3, 1939, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.3% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
370,225 km230,047 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1939 is on Sunday, November 26, 1939 at 21:55 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 10, 1939 at 21:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, November 26, 193921:55
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 3, 193920:40
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 10, 193921:46

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Sunday, December 3, 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.