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The Moon on Thursday, December 14, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on December 14, 1939Waxing Crescent

Thursday 14 December 1939398,757 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 14, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.1% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
398,757 km247,776 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1939 is on Tuesday, December 26, 1939 at 11:29 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 10, 1939 at 21:46 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Thursday, December 14, 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.