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The Moon on Friday, December 15, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on December 15, 1939Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 December 1939401,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 15, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
401,683 km249,594 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1939 is on Tuesday, December 26, 1939 at 11:29 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 10, 1939 at 21:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Friday, December 15, 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.