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The Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on December 30, 1939Waning Gibbous

Saturday 30 December 1939366,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 30, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
366,371 km227,653 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1939 is on Tuesday, December 26, 1939 at 11:29 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 9, 1940 at 13:53 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 26, 193911:29
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 2, 194004:56

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Saturday, December 30, 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.