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The Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on March 20, 1938Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 March 1938397,262 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 20, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.5% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
397,262 km246,847 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1938 is on Wednesday, March 16, 1938 at 05:15 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 31, 1938 at 18:52 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Sunday, March 20, 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.