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The Moon on Friday, July 8, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on July 8, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 July 1938402,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 8, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.4% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
402,062 km249,830 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1938 is on Tuesday, July 12, 1938 at 15:05 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 27, 1938 at 21:10 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Friday, July 8, 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.