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The Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on July 17, 1938Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 July 1938395,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 17, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
395,637 km245,837 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1938 is on Tuesday, July 12, 1938 at 15:05 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 27, 1938 at 03:54 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Sunday, July 17, 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.