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The Moon on Monday, December 4, 1939: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on December 4, 1939Waning Crescent

Monday 4 December 1939370,549 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 4, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
370,549 km230,249 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1939 is on Sunday, November 26, 1939 at 21:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 10, 1939 at 21:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 3, 193920:40
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 10, 193921:46

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Monday, December 4, 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.