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The Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on July 9, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 9 July 1938404,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 9, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
404,248 km251,188 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1938 is on Tuesday, July 12, 1938 at 15:05 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 27, 1938 at 21:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Saturday, July 9, 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.