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The Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on July 16, 1938Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 July 1938399,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 16, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
399,129 km248,007 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1938 is on Tuesday, July 12, 1938 at 15:05 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 27, 1938 at 03:54 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 12, 193815:05
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 20, 193812:19

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Saturday, July 16, 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.