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The Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on December 13, 1939Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 13 December 1939395,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 13, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
395,152 km245,536 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1939 is on Tuesday, December 26, 1939 at 11:29 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 10, 1939 at 21:46 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 10, 193921:46
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 18, 193921:04

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Wednesday, December 13, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1939 to the new moon of January 9, 1940, a cycle of 29.67 days.