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The Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1939: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Full Moon at

11:29UTC

Moon phase on December 26, 1939Full Moon

Tuesday 26 December 1939371,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 26, 1939, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
371,032 km230,548 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 371,109 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1939 is on Tuesday, December 26, 1939 at 11:29 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 9, 1940 at 13:53 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 18, 193921:04
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, December 26, 193911:29
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 2, 194004:56

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Tuesday, December 26, 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.