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The Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 1938: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Full Moon at

15:05UTC

Moon phase on July 12, 1938Full Moon

Tuesday 12 July 1938406,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 12, 1938, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
406,160 km252,376 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 406,100 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 4, 193813:47
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, July 12, 193815:05
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 20, 193812:19

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Tuesday, July 12, 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.