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The Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on July 2, 1938Waxing Crescent

Saturday 2 July 1938373,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 2, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
373,187 km231,887 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1938 is on Tuesday, July 12, 1938 at 15:05 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 27, 1938 at 21:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 27, 193821:10
First Quarter (after)Monday, July 4, 193813:47

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Saturday, July 2, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 1938 to the new moon of July 27, 1938, a cycle of 29.28 days.