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The Moon on Thursday, April 21, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on April 21, 1938Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 April 1938404,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 21, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
404,148 km251,126 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1938 is on Thursday, April 14, 1938 at 18:21 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 1938 at 05:28 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 14, 193818:21
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 22, 193820:14

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Thursday, April 21, 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.