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The Moon on Monday, December 18, 1939: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

First Quarter at

21:04UTC

Moon phase on December 18, 1939First Quarter

Monday 18 December 1939404,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 18, 1939, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.6% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
404,044 km251,061 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1939 is on Tuesday, December 26, 1939 at 11:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 10, 1939 at 21:46 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 10, 193921:46
First Quarter (this day)Monday, December 18, 193921:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 26, 193911:29

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Monday, December 18, 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.