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The Moon on Monday, March 21, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on March 21, 1938Waning Gibbous

Monday 21 March 1938400,597 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 21, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.4% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
400,597 km248,919 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1938 is on Wednesday, March 16, 1938 at 05:15 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 31, 1938 at 18:52 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Monday, March 21, 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.