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The Moon on Monday, May 16, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on May 16, 1938Waning Gibbous

Monday 16 May 1938403,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 16, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
403,895 km250,969 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1938 is on Saturday, May 14, 1938 at 08:39 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 14, 193808:39
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 22, 193812:36

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Monday, May 16, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1938 to the new moon of May 29, 1938, a cycle of 29.36 days.