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The Moon on Saturday, March 19, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on March 19, 1938Waning Gibbous

Saturday 19 March 1938393,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 19, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
393,192 km244,318 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1938 is on Wednesday, March 16, 1938 at 05:15 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 31, 1938 at 18:52 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 16, 193805:15
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 24, 193801:06

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Saturday, March 19, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 2, 1938 to the new moon of March 31, 1938, a cycle of 29.55 days.