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The Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 1938: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on May 24, 1938Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 May 1938385,418 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 24, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
385,418 km239,488 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1938 is on Saturday, May 14, 1938 at 08:39 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Tuesday, May 24, 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.