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The Moon on Monday, February 21, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on February 21, 1938Waning Gibbous

Monday 21 February 1938400,556 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 21, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.6% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
400,556 km248,894 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1938 is on Monday, February 14, 1938 at 17:14 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 1938 at 05:40 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 14, 193817:14
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 22, 193804:24

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Monday, February 21, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1938 to the new moon of March 2, 1938, a cycle of 29.67 days.