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The Moon on Friday, May 20, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on May 20, 1938Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 May 1938403,006 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 20, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.3% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
403,006 km250,416 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1938 is on Saturday, May 14, 1938 at 08:39 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Friday, May 20, 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.