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The Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on July 5, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 5 July 1938390,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 5, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.7% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
390,379 km242,570 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1938 is on Tuesday, July 12, 1938 at 15:05 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 27, 1938 at 21:10 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 4, 193813:47
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 12, 193815:05

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Tuesday, July 5, 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.