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The Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on December 23, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 December 1939385,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 23, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
385,198 km239,351 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1939 is on Tuesday, December 26, 1939 at 11:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 10, 1939 at 21:46 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 18, 193921:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 26, 193911:29

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Saturday, December 23, 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.