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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 1938: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 23, 1938Waning Crescent

Monday 23 May 1938391,122 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
391,122 km243,032 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1938 is on Saturday, May 14, 1938 at 08:39 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 22, 193812:36
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 29, 193814:00

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 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.