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The Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1938: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on June 23, 1938Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 June 1938374,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 23, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
374,154 km232,488 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1938 is on Sunday, June 12, 1938 at 23:47 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 27, 1938 at 21:10 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 21, 193801:52
New Moon (after)Monday, June 27, 193821:10

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Thursday, June 23, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1938 to the new moon of June 27, 1938, a cycle of 29.30 days.