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The Moon on Friday, April 8, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on April 8, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 April 1938371,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 8, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.9% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
371,965 km231,128 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1938 is on Thursday, April 14, 1938 at 18:21 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 31, 1938 at 18:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 7, 193815:10
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 14, 193818:21

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Friday, April 8, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 31, 1938 to the new moon of April 30, 1938, a cycle of 29.44 days.