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The Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1938: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on March 26, 1938Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 March 1938399,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 26, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.6% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
399,887 km248,478 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1938 is on Wednesday, March 16, 1938 at 05:15 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 31, 1938 at 18:52 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 24, 193801:06
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 31, 193818:52

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Saturday, March 26, 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.